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The army-led joint forces in Chittagong arrested former BNP lawmaker Sarwar Jamal Nizam, suspected of masterminding the abduction and killing of businessman Jamaluddin Chowdhury, early Friday.
The Rapid Action Battalion said it had arrested Jamal at a place near the Chittagong Club in the city at about 00:45am for his suspected involvement in various crimes.
The battalion also seized his vehicle along with five cans of beer and three bottles of foreign liquor.
The former lawmaker was sent to jail on Friday night. Metropolitan magistrate, Maksudur Rahman, ordered him to be sent to Chittagong Central Jail as he was shown arrested under section 54 of the code of criminal procedures. The court also asked the authorities to follow the normal procedure in the case of giving him division facilities.
The battalion said Jamal was being interrogated in connection with the abduction and killing of Jamaluddin. It said Jamal was also questioned about the seizure of 10 trucks of firearms from the CUFL jetty on April 2, 2003.
‘He is reportedly engaged in smuggling, traffic in fertiliser, tender manipulation and unlawful intervention of police activities,’ said Hasinur Rahman, commanding officer of the Rapid Action Battalion 7.
The battalion quoted Jamal, elder brother of the navy chief, Sarwar Jahan Nizam, as saying that he owned property worth several crores of takas, including two garment industries, two fishing vessels, four luxury cars and two multi-storey buildings.
Jamaluddin’s eldest son Chowdhury Farman Reza, who has accused Jamal of masterminding the incident, expressed his satisfaction at the arrest. He said they were optimistic of getting justice during the tenure of the interim government.
‘Jamal managed to avoid arrest because of his links with the high up in the immediate-past government,’ he said, adding they were expecting that the interim government would crack the murder of his father after proper interrogation of the suspected mastermind.
Jamaluddin, also vice-president of Chittagong district (south) Bangladesh Nationalist Party, was abducted from Chandgaon in the city on July 24, 2003.
Shahidul Islam alias Shahid Chairman, an accused in the case, arrested by the battalion on August 17, 2005, confirmed that Jamal had been killed one month inside his abduction.
Kala Mahbub, another accused in the case, later located the grave of Jamaluddin. He said they had killed him after Maruf Nizam, younger brother of Sarwar Jamal, had offered Tk 1 crore for the job.
The battalion dug out Jamaluddin’s remains from Dakksin Kanchannagar at Fatikchari on August 24, 2005.
The family members received the skeleton from the police on March 10, 2006 after a DNA test conducted in Singapore
June 25th, 2007 at 12:02 am
What a Lawmaker indeed !A Killer disguised a law maker.
Flesh for flesh, blood for blood when you kill an innocent person.
We want to see a severe punishment for this person.He defamed all forms of Social, Legal & Religious laws!
We want to see a real justice done for these druken law maker.
What a shame upon you all politicians ,drunkered,
no fear for ALLAH, no fear for your death, no senses for Justice!
Go to hell in this world & in the next!
June 28th, 2007 at 5:31 am
When the Leader is on wrong path!What do you expects
from the co- worker??
July 23rd, 2007 at 1:12 am
You imbicile expats!….you have left you own country for some foreign land and yet you speak loudly….do you know what a terrible time this country is going through……business, economy, the garments sector, civil society, social welfare, living standard everything is going down…but crime is increasing rapidly….yet, this un-elected army govt. is framing innocent people to win their own political agenda….Moin Ahmed is no less than Moussolini, Stalin or Ershad…he is forcing people to file cases against popular politicians so that nobody would oppose him when will run to become the next head of state of Bangladesh…..he is more corrupted in the head than anybody else…….this conspiracy is all greed for power
July 23rd, 2007 at 4:14 pm
Imbecile are those who are degraded who donot love their country.Who walk in the streets like loafers. Who prey on foreigners. Who suck the blood of poor people being ministers. Who have ruined Bangladesh. Who thing they are above Law.
Who being Muslims never pray, who have no human feelings, who have looted the countries, Who have looted the properties of charities.Who feel their vellies with grafted money who used goons to kill others. Who are still cheating, taking bribes,
Who donot respect the society, who devoured the poor’s propeties,Who look down upon poor.
Who have looted the money of Bangladesh from the very birth.
We uphold present Government for they are a Bliss
They are catching all the creiminials though many are still being involved in crime.
Shame on you all who are friends of these leaders, who were patrons of these demoralised people.
We never support any party or criminals.
We support the people who follow the true path of Islam & love humanity.
Who remember the name of ALLAH the creator every momemnt.Who seek ALLAH’s help in the time of Need not go out to rob others.