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| Shibir man links top Jamaat leaders |
| 2010-03-09 |
| [Bangla Daily Star] A top Rajshahi University Shibir leader, accused of murdering Chhatra League leader Faruk Hossain, linked key central leaders of Jamaat-e-Islami and Shibir with the killing upon his arrest and interrogation by Rab. Arrested Ekram Hossain, president of Amir Ali Hall unit of Islami Chhatra Shibir and a masters' student of Islamic studies department at RU, told a press briefing yesterday that prior to the attack on February 9, RU Shibir unit president Shamsul Alam Golap was in constant contact with the key Jamaat leaders and Shibir central president Rezaul Karim. The key Jamaat leaders involved include Jamaat Ameer Motiur Rahman Nizami, Secretary General Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojahid and Maulana Delwar Hossain Sayeedi, he claimed. Jamaat refuted his claim. Mojahid said what Ekram said in Rab custody cannot be credible and it is 100 percent untrue. "We'd never think of doing such activities," he said, adding that such propaganda by Rab will tarnish the force's image. A team of Rapid Action Battalion intelligence wing arrested Ekram at Kalampur in Dhamrai upazila Sunday raiding the home of a colleague of his elder brother. Ekram claimed that SM Hall Shibir unit former president Anis' blow with an iron rod killed Faruk. Ekram said he did not know what Golap and the Jamaat leaders talked about. He claimed that in the wee hours of February 9, Golap ordered the all-out attack on different dormitories of the university following directives of Rezaul Karim. In the two cases, one for murder and the other under the Explosives Substances Act, filed in connection with the violence, Ekram is accused number-2 and -5. He said Shibir men that night launched the attack in five groups. He along with Golap led a group of 30 to 35 and assaulted Chhatra League activists in three dormitories. He said after the attack they brought out a procession on campus and around 3:00am took shelter at the home of local Jamaat leader and RU staff Hamim. "There I came to know from Shihab, debate secretary of RU Shibir unit, that Chhatra League worker Faruk died after Shibir leader Anis hit him with an iron rod," Ekram said. He claimed SM Hall Shibir unit former presidents Anis and Faruk, and incumbent Shibir president of the dormitory Ahad, secretary general Bappi, RU Shibir unit debate secretary Shihab, and leaders Sumon Gazi and Raju dumped Faruk Hossain's body in a manhole. However, Ekram also said around noon of February 8, at least 100 Shibir leaders and activists including Golap and Shibir RU secretary Mobarak held a meeting and decided to attack. So far Rab and police have arrested 29 Shibir leaders and workers. |
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