Dipan killers' 'trainer' gives confessional statement

Abdus Sabur, an alleged leader of banned militant outfit Ansarullah Bangla Team, yesterday gave confessional statement in the publisher Faisal Arefin Dipan murder case.

Metropolitan Magistrate Ahsan Habib recorded his statement after detectives took him to the court.

In his statement Sabur confessed training the militants who hacked to death Dipan of Jagriti Prokashani on October 31 last year. Another ABT team critically injured Shuddhoswar's Ahmedur Rashid Tutul and two others around the same time.

Sabur alias Samad alias Sujon alias Raju alias Saad, 23, was shown arrested in Dipan murder and taken on a six-day remand after he, in his confessional statement in Tutul murder attempt case, reveled information about Dipan killing, said police.