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| Ex-BNP lawmaker Amzad Sarkar surrenders |
| 2007-03-20 |
| A Nilphamari court yesterday sent former BNP lawmaker Amzad Hossain Sarkar and his 13 associates to jail after they surrendered before it and sought bail in the sensational Kazi Rubel murder case. In Rajshahi, a speedy trial court sentenced Abdul Hamid, an influential BNP adherent of Charghat upazila, to three years' rigorous imprisonment for assaulting a government official during the past BNP-Jamaat rule. In Moulvibazar, the joint forces arrested Ahmed Faruk Millad, Srimangal correspondent of Bangla daily Jugantor, on Sunday night on charge of demanding extortion from a woman. Meanwhile, the crack forces arrested 1,377 people across the country on various charges in the last 24 hours preceding 6:00am yesterday, according to a home ministry press release. Our Nilphamari correspondent reported that Amzad, a former lawmaker from Nilphamari-4, and his associates appeared before the Court of First Class Magistrate Enamul Haque and prayed for bail as the same court had earlier issued arrest warrants against them for killing Rubel, a local BNP leader. The court rejected the prayer and ordered to send them to jail. Rubel was killed in a clash between the supporters of Amzad and his rival Mahfuzur Rahman, member of Public Service Commission, at Sipaiganj Bazar under Saidpur upazila on October 30 last year. Later, Rubel's brother filed a murder case and the police made out a charge sheet against the ex-MP and his 13 supporters for killing Rubel, also a nephew of Mahfuzur. Amzad is also an accused in four murder cases. |
| Posted by:Fred |