Key accused found dead in Nilphamari

Attack on Noor: Key accused found dead in Nilphamari

Star Online Report

Source: STAR file

This file photo shows wreckage of 39 burnt motorbikes of the activists of Awami League and its front organisations, bearing testimony to the extent of barbaric attack on a December 14 march led by AL lawmaker Asaduzzaman Noor near Ramganj, eight km off Nilphamari town, is kept on the premises of Nilphamari Sadar Police Station

The body of Jamaat-e-Islami activist, who was the prime accused in a case filed for conducting an attack on a convoy of Asaduzzaman Noor last month, was found in Sadar upazila of Nilphamari this morning.
Five people including four local Awami League men were killed when activists of Jamaat and its student wing, Islami Chhatra Shibir, attacked the motorcade of Noor, now cultural affairs minister, on December 14 last year.

The deceased was identified as: Golam Rabbani, 35, son of Mujibur Rahman, of Dubachhuri village in the upazila, reports our Nilphamari correspondent.
Locals of Palash Bari village at first saw the body floating on a canal and informed police.
Police went to the spot and recovered the body from around 8:30am, said Asad Mia, a sub-inspector (SI) of Sadar Police Station and also the investigation officer of the case.
The body was sent to Nilphamari Sadar Hospital for autopsy.
A case was filed with the police station in this connection, the SI added.
Locals claimed that Rabbani was an extortionist.
Noor's convoy came under attack while he was returning to Nilphamari town after visiting Laxmichap, Shishatoli and Palash Bari villages where Jamaat men two days ago torched some 80 shops and storehouses belonging to Hindus and AL activists.