Two Jamaat leaders sent to jail

A Chittagong court ordered to send Shamsul Islam Hakimi and Afser Uddin to jail when police produced them before it yesterday.

Shamsul is the Ameer of Khagaria union unit Jamaat-e-Islami while Afser is a local union parishad member. With the two, so far three Jamaat men had been sent to jail for suspected links with the killing of Khagaria union chairman Engineer Aminul Islam.

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Police yesterday did not petition to take the two on remand as Helal, the other accused, made a confessional statement under section 164 on Monday.

Referring to Helal's confessions, the Officer-in-Charge of Satkania Police Station Moyeen Uddin said they could now be able to identify the killers as well as unearth the motive for the killing.

Meanwhile, police were carrying out a manhunt for the rest of the killing-squad that allegedly killed Amirul, said Moyeen Uddin, also the investigating officer (IO) of the case.

UP Chairman Engineer Aminul Islam was shot dead at Amirkhil of Khagaria on Friday night.