Body of journalist Shaikh Haroon’s ‘killer’ found

The body of New Biplobi Communist Party (NBCP) cadre Amjad Hossain alias Kala Amjad, 42, was recovered by Daulatpur Police Station sub-inspector (SI) Rajendra Nath from Arhonghata by-pass road. The body was sent to Khulna Medical College Hospital (KMCH) morgue for autopsy. Police said bullets pierced the criminal's head. He was abducted from the court premises on Wednesday noon.

Police said Kala Amjad was shot dead by his rivals. But his family members said he was picked up by a group of plainclothes men at gunpoint.

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Amjad was one of the killers who fired gunshots at journalist Shaikh Haroon-ur-Rashid at Mujunni on March 2 in 2002, police said.

The slain outlaw was wanted in eight criminal cases including three murder cases lodged with different police stations, according to the city special branch of Khulna Metropolitan Police (KMP).