Narsingdi Mayor Killing
Fifth accused held
The fifth accused in Narsingdi municipality mayor Lokman Hossain murder case was arrested at Shahjalal International Airport in the city yesterday after he arrived from Malaysia.
Immigration police arrested Nurul Islam, Narsingdi sadar upazila unit BNP general secretary, arriving on a Malaysian airline flight around 2:00pm, and handed him over to Narsingdi police, said Khandker Mahid Uddin, superintendent of Narsingdi district police.
The statement of the case filed by Lokman's brother Kamruzzaman accused Nurul to be one of the 14 people involved in the assassination. Police so far arrested 23 people, 13 named and the remaining on suspicion.
Nurul went to Malaysia on October 15 last year, said police. On November 1 Lokman, also the general secretary of Narsingdi town unit Awami League, was gunned down by armed criminals at the town Awami League office on Sadar Road.
“Nurul Islam was taken to Narsingdi and would be produced before a court tomorrow (Monday) seeking remand for interrogation.
“So far we know that he was in Malaysia but after interrogation we will know whether he was staying elsewhere,” said the SP.
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