Arrestee confesses to killing
Police yesterday arrested two more persons in connection with the killing of Jubo Dal leader Harunur Rashid Chowdhury in Chittagong city and one of them confessed to killing.
The two -- Md Mamun Hossen, 28, and Md Alamgir alias Sarbat Alamgir, 30 -- were arrested from the city's Sadarghat area in the morning.
Assistant Commissioner (AC) (prosecution) of Chittagong Metropolitan Police (CMP) Kazi Shahabuddin said Metropolitan Magistrate Mehnaz Rahman recorded the confessional statement of Mamun.
He said the court sent Sarbat Alamgir to jail and hearing of his remand prayer will be held later.
During primary interrogation, Mamun and Sarbat Alamgir admitted to be involved in killing Harunur as the Jubo Dal leader beat up one Alamgir and Sarbat Alamgir over a mugging incident earlier, said Officer-in-Charge (OC) Nezam Uddin of Sadaghat Police Station.
Mamun gave a confessional statement before a magistrate admitting the killing, the OC said, adding that around 11 persons took part in the killing mission.
Harunur was shot dead from a tail of a procession organised by Sadarghat thana Jubo League and Awami League to celebrate the Unesco's recognition of historic March 7 speech of the Father of the Nation on December 3 last year.
“On November 26, 2017, one Alamgir and Sarbat Alamgir jointly snatched away Tk 28,000 from a truck driver in Kadamtali area. Later, Harunur called the duo to his office and asked them to return the money, triggering a brawl,” OC Nezam told The Daily Star.
“At one point, Harunur slapped Alamgir and beat Sarbat Alamgir. Later, the local transport leaders mitigated the incident. But Alamgir planned to take revenge,” said the OC. Quoting Mamun, the OC said, on the day of killing, Harunur was standing in front of Shahi Biryani House during the procession. At one point, Alamgir and Sarbat Alamgir approached to Harunur from the tail of the procession and started to beat him, he said.
“Alamgir punched Harunur while one Hridoy kicked the Jubo Dal leader knocking him down to the ground,” said OC Nezam, adding, “Harunur had a gun and Alamgir took the gun during the scuffle and shot Harunur.”
“Hridoy also shot Harunur from another gun while Sarbat Alamgir stabbed the Jubo Dal leader from behind," said the OC, adding that police were verifying whether Harunur had a gun or not.
Police sources said the people present on the spot during the killing included Mamun, Masud, Totla Jasim, Shawon, Sejan, Dulal, Kawsar, Liton, Sharif, Sony and Mehedi.
Police earlier arrested Totla Jasim on December 17 but he later walked out of jail securing bail.
Harunur's brother filed a case against unnamed persons but mentioned ten names in the case statement as suspects. According to the case statement, the ten suspects are Md Alamgir, 30; Md Kaisar, 25; Md Nur Nabi, 34; Md Hridoy, 28; Mosharraf Hossain Liton, 28; Md Sarif, 35; Md Jasim, 29; Tanvir Hossain Shaon, 30; Towkir Hossain Sejan, 30; and Hazi Md Salauddin, 40.
After the murder, family members, co-workers and business leaders alleged that the extortionists plotted the murder to take revenge and establish supremacy on transport business as Harunur, the owner of ST Transport, had taken a firm stance against the extortion of BCL men from the transport businessmen.
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