Sudipto Murder: AL leader sent to jail
A Chattogram court yesterday sent Awami League leader Didarul Alam Masum to jail in a case filed over murder of Chhatra League leader Sudipto Biswas.
The court of Chattogram Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Md Osman Goni passed the order after Masum appeared before it with a bail petition, said Mohammad Kamruzaman, additional deputy commissioner (prosecution) of Chattogram Metropolitan Police.
Masum, general secretary of Chattogram city’s Lalkhan Bazar ward unit of AL, was arrested from Dhaka’s Banani on August 4 in connection with the case. He was later granted bail by the High Court.
The Appellate Division cancelled his bail and ordered him to surrender before the CMM court within four weeks, said the police official.
Sudipto, 28, the assistant general secretary of BCL’s Chattogram city unit, was beaten dead in port city’s South Nalapara on October 6, 2017.
His father filed the murder case accusing unidentified persons.
Police suspected intra-party feud behind the murder, while friends of Sudipto blamed followers of Masum.
So far, three accused gave confessional statements before magistrates, said police.
Following a home ministry order on July 31, Masum surrendered two of his licensed firearms at Khulshi Police Station on August 3, said OC Pranab Chowdhury.
Masum was heavily criticised after a photo published in the media showed him opening fire on a gathering of Hefajat-e Islam in the city’s Lalkhan Bazar area on April 7, 2013.
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