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Bangladesh police say top Islamic extremist shot dead

2018-11-07

[DAWN] Bangladesh police on Tuesday said they had killed the chief of Jamaatul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), an holy warrior group accused of murdering secular activists and inspiring a cafe siege that killed 22 people. Khorshed Alam, described as the "emir" of Bangladesh's deadliest Islamist outfit, was bumped off early on Tuesday morning in the northern town of Shibganj, police front man Sonaton Chokraborty said. "He died before we could bring him to hospital," Chokraborty told AFP of the 38-year-old myrmidon. Police say Alam emerged after JMB's old guard was weakened by the execution of its former commander Sheikh Abdur Rahman, and five other top chiefs, in March 2007. He is accused of criminal masterminding a number of attacks across Moslem-majority Bangladesh, including most recently the murder of atheist writer and publisher Shahzahan Bachchu in the central district of Munshiganj in June. He also spearheaded a daring ambush on a prison van in 2014 that allowed two senior JMB foot soldiers to escape, police said. In recent years, a splinter faction inspired by JMB's earlier leadership ...known cleverly as “New Jamaatul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB)”... grabbed headlines after five of its young members stormed an upmarket Dhaka cafe in July 2016 and murdered 22 people, including 18 foreigners. Bangladesh police launched a massive crackdown on bandidos bandidos Death Eaters since the cafe siege, killing more than 80 suspected Islamists and arresting hundreds more.

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Four-year-old shot as rival gangs trade bullets

2015-08-17

[Dhaka Tribune] A four-year-old boy has been shot and injured in Comilla city after being caught in the middle of a shoot-out between two rival criminal gangs. The victim named Hridoy, the son of a local rickshaw-van puller, was just an innocent bystander during the shoot-out, which took place less than a month after infighting between political rivals led to an unborn child being shot in her mother's womb in Magura. Hridoy, the son of a rickshaw-puller, suffered gunshot wounds to his arm and abdomen and is currently receiving medical attention, said Dulal Chandra Sutradhar, ward master of the emergency department at Comilla Medical College Hospital. Another person named Hasib has been released by doctors after he was given primary treatment, Dulal added. Dr Kazi Tahmina Farhana, a doctor at the hospital's surgery department, told the Dhaka Tribune that the child was out of danger. A bullet grazed the skin of his abdomen, while an operation would be performed on him on Monday to treat the bullet wound on the left arm, she said. Police and local sources said yesterday's shootout was the result of a long-running feud between small-time Mister Big gangs led by Nazim Hossain and Anwar Hossain respectively. Nazim, who had just been released on bail five days ago, suspected Anwar for being behind his arrest last December. To take Dire Revenge, he and his cohorts attacked Anwar around 6am yesterday in the city's Shubhopur area. As the clash intensified, around 10-12 rounds of bullet were fired. Hridoy, who was standing in front of his own house at the time, was caught in the exchange of gunfire, said the child's mother Mahfuza Begum. Kotwali Model cop shoppe Officer-in-Charge Khorshed Alam said Hridoy's father Arif Miah has filed a case accusing Nazim and around five unnamed persons. Additional police have been deployed in the area to prevent further violence. Meanwhile, ...back at the palazzo, Count Guido stepped from behind the suit of armor, rapier in hand. Ciccolini snarled and reached for his own weapon... Comilla's Superintendent of Police Md Shah Abid Hossain said he visited Hridoy in the hospital and gave Tk5,000 for his treatment. All medical expenses of the child would be provided by the police, the SP said, adding that efforts were on to apprehend the culprits.

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Arsonists burn 14,000 chickens

2015-02-10

[Dhaka Tribune] Miscreants have burnt some 14,000 chickens setting fire to a covered van with petrol at Ramchandrapur in Muktagachha of Mymensingh district. The covered van was completely damaged and all the chickens it was carrying were also killed in the fire, police said. The driver of the covered van Abdur Rahman and the locals said a group of 7-8 miscreants with sticks barred the van of Kazi Farm Ltd carrying the chicken felling logs on the road in the area on the way to Madhupur from Gazipur. They poured petrol and set fire to the van in the early hours of Monday. They also attempted to burn the van’s driver and the helper with petrol, but they managed to escape the spot by running away, van helper Khorshed Alam said. The arsonists left the place in motorcycles, before the locals arrive, the driver and helper of the van said. Confirming the incident, Muktagachha OC Kamal Hossain said police were trying to identify and arrest the miscreants who had burnt the van and the chickens.

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Bangladesh

Comilla Chhatra League leader robs Taiwanese businessman

2015-01-30

[Dhaka Tribune] Police in Comilla are looking for a Chhatra League ... the student wing of the Bangla Awami League ... leader accused of leading a gang to coerce a Taiwanese businessman into giving money on Wednesday. The gang led by Sohel Ibne Mohiuddin was claimed to have taken away Tk31 lakh from Huangjun Yu, managing director of Yagotex Fabrics in Comilla EPZ area. Late on Wednesday night, the Taiwanese national lodged a case with Kotwali cop shoppe, stating that five to six men led by Sohel entered his rented flat in section 3 of the housing estate area around 1:30pm and held him at gunpoint. They forced him into a car, took him to an unknown location in Suagazi area of Comilla Sadar (south) upazila where they assaulted him and demanded that he give them two billion US dollars. They forced him into a car, took him to an unknown location in Suagazi area of Comilla Sadar (south) upazila where they assaulted him and demanded that he give them two billion US dollars. In a while, Huangjun was brought back to his flat and was forced to write a cheque for Tk23 lakh. Sohel then transferred the money from Prime Bank's Comilla branch to the account of his firm, Aab Yaaz Enterprise, by wire transfer, according to police. They also took Tk8 lakh in cash from Huangjun's flat and made him sign two blank cheques before leaving. Sohel, son of AHM Mohiuddin of Tomchhom Bridge area and a leader of Chhatra League's Comilla Victoria Government College unit, served in prison a year earlier on charges of embezzling Tk38 lakh from a Dhaka-based businessman named Azad. Officer-in-Charge of Kotwali Model cop shoppe Khorshed Alam said the lawsuit was transferred to the Detective Branch of police in compliance with an order of the district police super. Sub-Inspector of the Detective Branch of police in Comilla Firoz Hossain, also the investigating officer of the case, said Sohel's wife Dipti was interrogated for clues and was released later. "Several police teams are trying to nab the accused and to recover the money," he added.

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DB identifies militant leader behind sleeper cells

2014-10-20

[Dhaka Tribune] The Detective Branch of police has claimed that the prime suspect of blogger Ahmed Rajib Haider's murder was also one of the Death Eater leaders who recently directed three JMB sleeper cells to kill two teachers in the capital. Investigators said Ansarullah Bangla Team leader Redwanul Azad Rana, who hailed from Feni's Daganbhuiyan upazila and was a charge sheet enlisted accused in blogger Rajib's murder case, was one of the "big shots" who criminal masterminded the plan on attacking the Monipur High School teachers. "Rana, who instructed to kill blogger Rajib and attack blogger Asif Mohiuddin, also made the plan to attack two teachers of Monipur School", Monirul Islam, joint commissioner of DB police, told the Dhaka Tribune yesterday. He added that two other killings were criminal masterminded by Rana, who was inspired to become a Death Eater after listening to Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT) chief Mufti Jasimuddin Rahmani's instructions during his stay in the capital's Mohammadpur area. The information was extracted from Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh The JMB is said to be the youth front of Al Mujahideen, the parent organization that began working toward establishing Bangladesh as an Islamic state in the mid 1990s which remains obscure even today. Other organizations, such as Jama'atul Jihad, JMB, Jagrata Muslim Janata Bangladesh (JMJB), Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami (HUJI), Hizbut Tawhid, Tawhidi Janata, Islami Jubo Shangha, Islami Shangha, Al Falah A'am Unnayan Shanstha and Shahadat-e al Hiqma are believed to be part of the Al Mujahideen network. The JMB at its peak was reported to contain at least 100,000 members, and an alleged 2,000-man suicide brigade, few of whom actually exploded. JMB allegedly received financial assistance from individual donors in Kuwait, UAE, Bahrain, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Libya. Reports have claimed that funding of JMB by international NGOs like Kuwait based Society of the Revival of Islamic Heritage (RIHS) and Doulatul Kuwait, Saudi Arabia based Al Haramaine Islamic Institute and Rabita Al Alam Al Islami, Qatar Charitable Society and UAE-based Al Fuzaira and Khairul Ansar Al Khairia. The top leadership of JMB was captured in 2005 and hung in 2007, which pretty much shot their bolt. (JMB) operative Khorshed Alam Rubel, who was incarcerated Don't shoot, coppers! I'm comin' out! in Dhaka last week. "We have got a list of important persons of state from Rubel, which we are calling a hit list; and we are investigating into such activities," said Monirul. Sleepers cells ‐ groups of holy warriors who remain dormant in strategic positions until receiving an order to attack ‐ had also been used to carry out the murder of six people in Gopibagh and the killing of Channel i Islamic programme presenter Nurul Islam Faruqi, the DB chief added. Asked about the current location of Rana, the DB official said the police had information that he was trying to reorganise Death Eater activities from a hideout in the country, adding that raids were also being carried out to apprehend Rana.

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Another accused found dead

2014-01-21

[Dhaka Tribune] A Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal ...student wing of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP)... leader who was accused in a case filed over the attack on the convoy of Asaduzzaman Noor was found dead in Syedpur upazila of Nilphamari yesterday morning. Victim Atiqur Rahman Atiq, 30, was the general secretary of Chhatra Dal Tupamari union unit. The body bore a deep injury on the back side of the left ear, our correspondent reported. He is the second person accused in the case to have been found dead. On Sunday local BNP leader Golam Rabbani, the prime accused in the motorcade attack case, was found dead in Nilphamari. Five people including four local Awami League men were killed when activists of Jamaat-e-Islami ...The Islamic Society, founded in 1941 in Lahore by Maulana Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi, aka The Great Apostosizer. The Jamaat opposed the independence of Bangladesh but has operated an independent branch there since 1975. It maintains close ties with international Mohammedan groups such as the Moslem Brotherhood. the Taliban, and al-Qaeda. The Jamaat's objectives are the establishment of a pure Islamic state, governed by Sharia law. It is distinguished by its xenophobia, and its opposition to Westernization, capitalism, socialism, secularism, and liberalist social mores... and its student wing, Islami Chhatra Shibir ... the student wing of the Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh... , attacked the motorcade of the now Cultural Minister Noor, also a noted actor, on December 14 last year. Firoz Kabir, the officer-in-charge (OC) of Syedpur cop shoppe told the Dhaka Tribune that locals noticed the body of Atiqur lying beside the Rangpur-Dinajpur highway in Dhalagach Nariakhamba area of Syedpur municipality around 7am. They informed police. However, death is not the end. There remains the litigation over the estate... victim's elder brother Aminul Islam said on January 13 DB police had incarcerated Keep yer hands where we can see 'em, if yez please! Atikur and Mohidul, 25, son of Anowar Hossain, at Delduar in Tangail. Since then they had no trace of Atikur. His wife identified the body yesterday. On the other hand Atiq's cousin Abdul Halim and father-in-law Latifur Rahman Ranju said they had heard that Rab had detained Atikur. According to police, Atiqur was the fourth accused in a case filed for killing Khorshed Alam Chowdhury, the president of Tupamari union Krishak League unit. Chowdhury is one of the five victims killed during the motorcade attack on the day. A case has been filed with the police in this regard. Noor's motorcade came under attack while he was returning to Nilphamari town from visiting Laxmichap, Shishatoli and Palash Bari villages where Jamaat men two days back had torched some 80 shops and residences belonging to Hindus and Awami League activists.

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Four 'robbers' beaten to death

2013-09-01

[Bangla Daily Star] Angry villagers yesterday beat four alleged robbers to death at different places of Hatiya upazila in Noakhali. Locals caught the robbers while they were trying to flee from their hideouts as police have launched a special drive against criminals in the coastal area. The dead are Ashraf, 35, chief of the infamous "Ashraf Bahini", his accomplice Kefayet Ullah, and two others, Osman and Sarwar, police said. On Friday, two alleged robbers were lynched in the upazila. One was beaten to death while the other was killed in a "shootout" with police. Meanwhile, ...back at the fist fight, Jake ducked another roundhouse, then parried with his left, then with his right, finally with his chin... police yesterday tossed in the slammer Don't shoot, coppers! I'm comin' out! 15 alleged robbers and recovered a light gun, three guns and 20 flares during the raid, said Noakhali Police Superintendent Anisur Rahman. Ashraf, son of Asil Kerani of Mohammadpur village of the upazila, hid in the house of one of his sisters in Maijchara area on Friday night to escape arrest. On information, locals besieged the house around 4:00am, said Anisur, quoting villagers. Sensing trouble, Ashraf tried to flee the scene, but locals caught him after a good chase, the police officer said. They then gave Ashraf a good beating, killing him on the spot, he added. Ashraf was accused in at least 10 cases, including abduction, robbery and extortion, filed with different cop shoppes, said Khorshed Alam, officer-in-charge of Hatiya Police Station. Kefayet Ullah, an accomplice of Ashraf, was killed in a mass beating in Kadira Sluice Gate area around 12:00 noon. Two other alleged robbers -- Osman and Sarwar -- were lynched in Mohammadpur area around 2:30pm. Police recovered the bodies and sent them to Noakhali Medical College Hospital morgue for autopsies. Anisur said the drive against the robbers would continue until the area is free of criminals. In 2003, more than 60 alleged robbers were reportedly killed in a similar pattern at Subarnachar upazila in the district.

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Outlaw killed in 'shootout' with Rab

2011-11-05

[Bangla Daily Star] A leader of an outlawed organization was killed in a so-called 'shootout' Heads up! We've got a new writer, one with an education. between his accomplices and Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in Kamarkhand upazila of Sirajganj early yesterday. Who wants to find that on the map for us? I need new glasses. The magnifying glass is in the drawer... Rab said Khorshed Alam, 34, was a regional commander of Lal Pataka, a faction of extremrrhoid outfit Purbo Banglar Communist Party ...the Proletarian Party of East Bengal, a Maoist party that has seen better days. It supported independence in 1971 and has periodic shootouts and fisticuffs which the Bangla Jamaat-e-Islami, but has fallen on hard times, with many of its leaders rubbed out by the RAB or indignant citizenry. It is also subject to factionalism, to the extent that it may have more factions than it has actual members... . He lived in Jatibari Rasulpur village of the same upazila. " 'Gonna be out for a while, Ma. A regional commander's got responsibilities, ya know.' He had responsibilities, and they killed him far from home, Aisha-Sue." "It sounds like the beginning of a song, Missus Alam. Kinda like 'Barbara Allen'." Khorshed had a number of cases, including five for murder, pending against him. Five murder cases? He sounds more like a button man. He only had the death sentence on five systems? Wotta gyp. Rab-12 director Lt Col ATM Anisuzzaman told The Daily Star that a team led by deputy assistant director Mafiz Uddin raided Char Tangrail village around 2:30am 0230 hrs. Start of the shift for our RAB good guys. "Load 'em up! Move 'em out! Spit out that gum, Sergeant Rafiq!" "[PTUI!] Right, chief!" over information *Ring, ring* "Mahmoud the Weasel, Jr. here..." that a gang of bad boyz were holding a secret meeting in the dead of night there. But where? Banana grove, strawberry field, brick yard? Somewhere under cover one assumes, as it's the rainy season. We know it's the rainy season because over in West Pakistan we're reading about the annual Drowning of the Poor. Good thinking. Try the bus station. Sensing trouble, "Ohmigod, boss -- my Spidey Sense! It's never done that before!" "[Gasp!] My scar! Is it Voldemort?... No... It's not the same pain... Could it be... Rab?" Khorshed and his accomplices opened fire on them, "It's the Rab! Open fire in random directions!" prompting the elite force personnel to retaliate. "They're shooting back, chief! Permission to return fire?" "Granted! And spit out that gum!" [PTUI!] [BANG! BANG! BANGETY BANG!] Khorshed was struck down in his prime "Aaaiiiee! I am undone!... [KEEL!]... [FLOP!]... [TWITCH!]" while his cohorts managed to flee the scene. ... as though they had never been... the Rab officer said. One pictures the Rab officer speaking in brusque, clipped sentences, while our intrepid junior reporter, ink on his BA (English Lit.) still damp, struggled to keep up. He got even by referring to the " 'so called' encounter", instead of playing it straight, though. Rab members later recovered a foreign made revolver, four local guns, three rounds of bullet and sharp weapons from the spot. Funny how the bad guys manage to leave their weapons at the scene. Very sloppy. That's ok. The new trainee gets to polish them up and put them back in their velvet lined cases in the evidence room. A case was lodged in this connection.

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Barisal BNP leader arrested

2007-05-17

Members of the joint force yesterday arrested BNP leader and Barisal City Corporation (BCC) commissioner Syed Zakir Hossain Jelal, also brother of former lawmaker and Jubo Dal secretary Syed Moazzem Hossain Alal. On receipt of allegations of tender scam, misuse of power, corruption and toll collection, Jelal was arrested by members of the joint force at about 2 pm from the office room of BCC superintending engineer, said assistant police commissioner Hayatul Islam and Barisal Kotwali Police Station inspector Khorshed Alam. He was handed over to police at about 4 pm after primary interrogation at the joint forces' camp, they said. "Are you aware of who I am, my good man?" "[SLAP!] Shuddup."

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JMB threatens to blow up lots o' stuff

2005-12-08

Members of the outlaw Jamaatul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) continued to threaten to blow up different establishments like courts, parks, district administration buildings, district level press club, educational institutions including life threats to political leaders, Judges, DC, SP, journalists and high officials. "Aaarrrr! Youse guys are gonna git it!" "You got it, we'll blow it up!" The extremist members of the JMB issued death threats to the Deputy Commissioner and the Police Super of Chapainababganj. The threat came in a letter sent to the DC by post and DC Nurul Islam acknowledged receiving the letter, sources said. "Get ready with shroud and take good food as you like. Bombs will be thrown your building and the SP will also be blown up", the letter issued in the name of JMB brotherhood said. "Legume! Round up all the left-handed semi-literate men with turbans and bombs in Chapainababganj upazila!!" "Yes, Inspector!" In Sirajganj, Khorshed Alam and Monira Begum, two first class Magistrates of Sirajganj Criminal Court received death threats on Tuesday. "What's this?" "Another death threat, Khorshed!" "Put it with the others!" The terrorists asked the magistrates over phone to perform trials under Islamic law instead of existing laws, otherwise, they would be killed in bomb attacks. Safety measures have been strengthened in the court premises following the death threat. "They'd better be Islamic safety measures, or we'll kill you all!" "And yer little dogs, too!" Chittagong police recovered three bombs in separate places—Chittagong Government College—Jorarganj Bazar and Mirsarai super market. Meanwhile, city’s Sabujbagh police recovered a live bomb from Wahab Colony in Bashabo. I think Wahab Colony would be the first place I'd start looking for bombs, too... After seeing the bomb wrapped with red tape at Wahab Colony local people informed Sabujbagh police. Having been informed of the matter the RAB came to the spot and recovered the bomb. Now that the RAB is involved, I expect the Crossfire Gazette to be busy ...

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Strike Paralyzes Bangladesh

2005-05-22

Gosh. It's Saturday already? Where'd the week go? Police swung into action in Dhaka yesterday as hundreds of opposition activists took to the streets to enforce a general strike to protest the killing of an Awami League leader. The opposition Awami League called a daylong nationwide strike to protest the killing of its leader Khorshed Alam, a lawyer, who was gunned down by unidentified assailants here Tuesday. The strike shut down schools, colleges, shops and disrupted business and public transportation in more than 60 cities and towns. In Dhaka, shops, businesses and schools were closed yesterday and private vehicles were off the roads. There were similar scenes in the southeastern port city of Chittagong and in Sylhet in the northeast, police said. Saturday is a normal working day in Bangladesh. Dhaka police chief Mizanur Rahman said 9,000 police and paramilitary personnel had been deployed in the city to prevent any violence. "Thirty opposition protesters, 24 of them women, were arrested after they pushed their way through a police barricade during a demonstration," said Sub-Inspector Aslan Hossen. A Dhaka-wide strike was also held Wednesday to protest the killing.

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Tales from the Bangladesh Police Log

2005-05-18

Top terror critically injured while trying to escape May 17: Arrested top terror Bhupesh Barua was critically injured when he tried to escape from the police custody at Bagoan area under Raozan upazila in the district last night. Gee, that's never happened before Sources said, police arrested top terror and Chhatra League cadre Bhupesh Barua on Sunday night. "Stick'um up, Baru! The chief wants a few words with you." Following his confessional statement, "Ouch! I'll talk, just get 'that' away from me!" "Shucks, this little thing?" ...policemen went to Bagoan area under Raozan upazila in the district at around 1 am last night. "Don't kill me! Please don't kill me!" At one stage, Bhupesh Barua tried to escape from the police custody. "Lookit dat! Baru's tryin' to run away!" "No, I ain't! Don't kill me!" "Hey, get back here, we ain't finished talking!" "I ain't gone noplace!" Police shot him on his right leg when he was trying to flee causing the severe injury. BANG! "I said stop, dammit!" "Aaaaiiiieee! My kneecap! You shot off my kneecap!" "Quit whining, Allan gave ya two of them." "Boy, I bet that stings." He was admitted to Chittagong Medical College Hospital (CMCH) last night but as his condition worsened, he was sent to Suhrawardy Hospital in Dhaka this morning. "Nurse, arrange transport for Mr. Barua. I don't want him dying here on my shift." Arrested Bhupesh Barua is accused in ten cases including murder, terrorism and extortion. Rab nabs 9 extortionists Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) yesterday arrested nine extortionists including a former sergeant of Bangladesh Army and a sub-inspector of police. Sources said Shahjahan, a former army sergeant, once used to work for Rab but had been sent back to Army on charges of corruption. Got caught with his hand in the cookie jar, did he? On termination of his service from army, Shahjahan formed an extortionist group, and SI Kamrul of Kafrul Police Station joined him. Have to suplement that retirement pay somehow. Kamrul had been transferred to Rajshahi, but he did not join the new workplace. Decided the pay was better on the dark side. He was handed over to Mirpur police while the rest eight were kept in Rab-4 custody. Of the arrestees, Bhutto, 35, was admitted to Dhaka Medical College and Hospital last night with bullet wounds in his hands and legs. Interesting wound placement Top City AL leader slain Unknown assailants gunned down Law Affairs Secretary of Dhaka City Awami League (AL) Advocate Khorshed Alam Bachchu at Tejgaon yesterday, triggering violent street demonstrations in the capital. The main opposition has called a dawn-to-dusk hartal in the city for today in protest against the murder of Khorshed, a Supreme Court lawyer and also joint general secretary of Awami Ainjibi Parishad, a pro-opposition lawyers' forum. "Harrr! A hartal! We need a hartal!" "We had a hartal yesterday. We had a hartal the day before yesterday. Are we ever gonna go back to work?" Three gunmen sprayed point-blank around 10 bullets on Khorshed, 45, minutes after he came out of his 180/A, Tejkunipara house at about 9:45am. The assailants sped off in a CNG-run auto-rickshaw in which they came, leaving him dead on the spot. He took at least nine bullets in the forehead, throat, chest, abdomen and one of his legs. The motive behind the cold-blooded murder could not be immediately known. "Youse guys bump off Bachchu, okay? Fill 'im full o' lead!" "Hokay, boss! What'd he do?" "Do?" The slaying sparked huge protests by hundreds of locals, and AL leaders and activists, who demonstrated against the government and demanded arrest and punishment to the killers. The rampaging protestors vandalised a good number of vehicles on Kazi Nazrul Islam Avenue and blockaded the road for an hour causing severe traffic gridlock. The police clubbed the demonstrators, touching off a pitched battle between the law-enforcers and the agitators, who rained stones and other objects on the speeding vehicles. And a fun time was had by all... Advocate Khorshed's colleagues in the Court of District and Sessions Judge, Dhaka, where he also practised law, put off their work from 11:00am yesterday in protest. Supreme Court lawyers also stopped their work from 2:00pm yesterday and will observe a daylong work stoppage today. Awami League General Secretary Abdul Jalil and other party leaders visited the scene and Tejgaon Police Station to see Khorshed's bullet-riddled body. EYEWITNESS ACCOUNT Eyewitnesses said three youths started firing point-blank at Khorshed near a phone-fax shop at 153/A Tejkunipara, some 150 yards off his house, when he was passing the area in a rickshaw. "An old man ran into my shop and said three people were shooting a man and soon we saw a CNG autorickshaw," said Abdul Halim, a motor mechanic. An employee of a tailoring shop said he heard some 10 gunshots, looked out the window and saw three youths boarding a CNG-run autorickshaw, leaving behind a man in a pool of blood. Khorshed took a rickshaw in front of his rented house and was heading for the bus-stand to get to the judge's court, the police said. Tejgaon police last night arrested two--Sohel and Sujon--at the area for suspected links with the killing. Khorshed's wife filed a case with Tejgaon Police Station at 11:45pm the same night. Dhaka Metropolitan Police Commissioner SM Mizanur Rahman said they have no clue to the killing. He added that they could not speak to the slain's family, which could have given them a lead, as it was trying to come to terms with the death. "The motive for the killing will be known soon," he told reporters yesterday. Huge numbers of police and Rab members were deployed in Tejkunipara. Hurrah! RAB's on the case!

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