 [Bangla Daily Star] Top listed criminal Nurul Amin Maksud's bullet-ridden body was found yesterday morning in a field near Talutia bypass road in Gazipur.
| Banana field? Secret lair? Or was the RAB just behind that night? |
| If the body was actually riddled with more than one bullet behind each ear, it must've been the local police, not the Rab. |
He was a close aide to former Awami League lawmaker Shamim Osman in Narayanganj, sources said.
Officer-in-Charge of Joydevpur Police Station Abdur Rashid said, on information, police reached the spot and took the body to Gazipur Sadar Hosptial around 11:00am for autopsy. He, however, could not ascertain the reason behind the killing.
Maksud was accused in 12 systems 17 cases including several murder cases with Fatullah, Siddhirganj and Narayanganj police stations.
His wife Ummay Salma, brother Ruhul Amin Badsha and other relatives took the body to his Khanpur residence in Narayanganj town after the post mortem, the OC added.
Maksud's family members said a team of law enforcers in plain clothes in a microbus stopped a taxi near Golf Club on Airport Road on Saturday at 10:00pm. Maksud and his friend Masud were in the taxi.
| "Say, Maksud, why don't youse and your friend come wit us?" |
Since then, they were missing, and an unknown using Maksud's cellphone informed them of his death, the family members added.
| So the RAB whacks him and then uses his minutes to notify his dear loved ones. |
Locals said Maksud, locally known as Barisailla or Dredger Maksud, had been enjoying the shelter of Shamim Osman and his brother, and was involved in realising tolls, tender manipulations, land grabbing and garment jhut (reject fabrics of garment industry) grabbing in Narayanganj.
| A thoughgoing badman, he was. Just as well that he kept all those flying bullets from escaping to harm innocents. |
Maksud became more powerful after Shamim's brother Nasim was elected from Narayanganj in 1986. Maksud and Shamim were accused in the sensational case of murder of Kamal and Kalam on July 24, 1988.
Locals said Maksud used to realise tolls from vehicles at Shimrai intersection on the Dhaka-Chittagong highway. He with Shamim's help also used to manipulate tenders of Narayanganj Zila Parishad, LGED, Roads and Highway and Dredging departments between 1996 and 2001.
Both fled to India in 2001 and then moved to the Middle East. They returned to the country when the grand alliance government came to power, locals said.
| They realize now that was a mistake. |
Maksud from the Middle East used to demand extortion money over telephone from the traders in Narayanganj, they added.
Maksud and his gang were active in Khanpur, Talla, Haziganj, Siddirganj and Phathantali. |