BNP leader held in killing case
Police arrested a local leader of BNP from his residence in Chandina upazila Saturday night in connection with a killing case.
Arrestee Khorshed Alam is president of Comilla District (north) BNP and former chairman of Chandina Upazila Parishad.
His manager Dulal was also held in connection with the case filed by Selina Begum, daughter of Abdul Ali of Baro Ali Char village in Muradnagar upazila.
The arrestees were produced before a court Sunday.
In her case statement, Selina alleged that her brother Belal Hossain, a scrap trader, went to buy scraps at the house of Khorshed Alam in Chandina upazila headquarters on June 16, 2003.
Khorshed beat Belal to death following altercation over scaling of scraps.
Victim's relatives could not file a case against the BNP leader due to his political influence at that time, said Selina.
Police arrested the two as Selina Saturday filed a case with Chandina police station against five for murdering her brother.
Khorshed Alam, terming the case as concocted, claimed that the case was filed just to harass him politically.
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