Jamaatul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) is on top of the law enforcers' list of suspected killers of Jhalakathi district court Public Prosecutor Hyder Hossain although investigators did not find any clue to the murder as of last evening. Meanwhile, the joint forces yesterday recovered a powerful live bomb--identical to the one used for killing the two Jhalakathi judges on November 14, 2005--around half a kilometre off the scene of Hyder's murder. "Hyder Hossain's conducting of the Jhalakathi judges killing case against the militant kingpins might have triggered the murder," said Lt Col Shamim in the district. "Possibility of any third party's involvement has also been taken into consideration and the investigation is being conducted carefully," he added.Unknown assailants on Wednesday night shot dead Hyder who was the chief counsel of the case filed against JMB militants for killing two Jhalakathi judges.
Found in an abandoned bag, the bomb weighing 500 grams contained power gel, detonator, cycle and plastic balls. A knife, three cell phone chargers, a nail cutter and a razor were also found in the bag. The joint force members held one Manoranjan, 45, and his son Sukhranjan, 18, from the spot for interrogation. A team of explosives experts led by Rab-8 DAD Abul Hasan defused the bomb at 9:00am yesterday.
The police said the killers might have brought the bomb to clear their way out but left it in the face of the joint forces' extensive search operation following Hyder Hossain's killing. The police also recovered from the spot a cartridge believed to be of the bullet shot at Hyder's forehead.