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| Purbo Bangla commies kidnap, kill 3 in Kushtia |
| 2009-12-02 |
| [Bangla Daily Star] Operatives of outlawed outfit Purbo Banglar Communist Party (PBCP-ML) kidnapped three people and held them for ransom and having failed to realise the money they killed them and buried the bodies in a graveyard. Police yesterday recovered the bodies from Taragunia graveyard under Daulatpur upazila in the district. Police said criminals had abducted them in between November 1 and 10 and then killed them as they failed to pay ransom. The dead were identified as Mehedi Hasan Sohag, 22, a third year student of Kushtia Islamia College, Jahangir Hossain, 38, an employee of KARITAS in Dhaka and Rassel, a grocer of Jhenidah. The bodies were recovered following a confessional statement of Rokunuzzaman alias Manik, a top cadre of outlawed Purbo Banglar Communist Party (PBCP-ML) arrested on Monday. Police quoting the outlaw said a gang led by Manik abducted Mehedi Hasan Sohag from Majampur area in Kushtia on November 1. They later demanded a ransom of Tk 30 lakh from Sohag's family. Hasan Arif, father of Sohag and an officer of IFIC Bank of Kushtia branch, filed a general diary (GD) with Kushtia Sadar Police Station on November 2. But police failed to trace the victim. Besides, separate groups of the same outfit abducted KARITAS employee Jahangir when he came to visit his village home at Sharsha upazila in Jessore on November 4 and Rassel from Bastubhita in Damurhuda upazila under Chuadanga on November 8. All abductees were confined to a den of PBCP at Taragunia village in Daulatpur upazila of Kushtia. Police said the outlaws killed the abductees in between November 15 and 20 as their families failed to pay the ransom and dumped the bodies at Taragunia graveyard. Manik was also involved in the murder of two of his opponent outfit Gono Mukti Fouz cadres on October 22 at Majampur area in Kushtia. On information, a police team led by Assistant Police Super (ASP-headquarters) Alamgir Hossain yesterday busted the house of one Rokon of Majampur area of the town at about 2.30pm and arrested him. During the interrogation Rokon confessed to his involvement in the abduction and killing of the three persons. He said they buried the victims at Taragunia graveyard. When contacted ASP Alamgir said the drive was on to arrest other PBCP operatives involved in the incident. |
| Posted by:Fred |