‘Kader mastermind of MP Liton’s murder’

Former Jatiya Party lawmaker Abdul Kader Khan is the mastermind behind the killing of Gaibandha MP Manzurul Islam Liton, police authorities claimed today.
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He spent a year planning to kill Liton, said Khandakar Golam Faruk, deputy inspector general of police (DIG) of Rangpur range, at a press briefing, reports Bangla daily Prothom Alo.
The DIG was speaking at a press briefing held at Gaibandha police superintendent’s office.

The coffin bearing the body of slain Gaibandha-1 lawmaker Manzurul Islam Liton in his home soil on January 2, 2017 after being flown there on a Bangladesh Air Force chopper. Photo: Star

The former JP lawmaker was arrested in Bogra yesterday over suspicion in the murder of Gaibandha-1 lawmaker from the ruling Awami League, Liton.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina consoles Khurshid Jahan Smrity, wife of ruling Awami League lawmaker of Gaibandha Manzurul Islam Liton who was shot dead by armed assailants at his house in Sundarganj on Saturday evening, on the south plaza of Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban on January 2, 2017. Photo: BSS

The arrest was made within a day after the inspector general of police claimed that Liton's killers had been identified.
A team of Gaibandha police with the help of Bogra police arrested Kader, also a doctor, at his residence/clinic in Rahmannagar area of Bogra town around 5:00pm.
Liton was killed after unknown assailants opened fire on him inside his home in Sundarganj upazila of Gaibandha on December 31 last year.
Later, Liton's sister Tahmida Akhter Kakoli filed the case with Sundarganj Police Station against four to five unknown people.

Kader placed on 10-day remand

A Gaibandha court today placed former Jatiya Party lawmaker Abdul Kader Khan on a 10-day remand.

Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Mainul Hossain Yusuf passed the order after he was produced before the court, reports our local correspondent.