Outlaw Masud confesses to looting rifles, killings

The looted rifles have been distributed among the PBCP cadres in the southwestern region, he told a special police team during interrogation.

He was quizzed at Rampal thana during a three-day remand.

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Masud, also known as Birhi Masud, was arrested along with two associates -- Tamal, 25, and Rajib, 28, -- from the house of one Moulana Abdul Mannan of Faila village in the evening of June 12.

He is the 'third-in-command' of PBCP, headed by its ringleader Abdur Rashid Malitha alias Tapan, who had escaped from police custody at Khulna Judges' court early last year.

Shown arrested in the rifle looting case, Masud made judicial confessions in the court of First Class Magistrate Syed Rabiul Alam at Bagerhat. His confessions were recorded under Section 164.

He also confessed his direct involvement in the murders of Bagerhat district BNP Vice President Abdul Awal, frozen food exporter Farhad Hossain, two policemen of Fakirhat thana, and Bahirdia Union Parishad Chairman and Awami League leader Atahar alias Atar Ali.

Once a student of Bagerhat Government PC College, Masud told police that all the murders were committed and arms looted to carry out his party's decision to eliminate 'class enemies' and get equipped with arms to launch an intensified 'guerilla war' in the South-Western region.

Masud also mentioned the names of his godfathers, but Bagerhat Police Superintendent refused to disclose the names.