Arrest killers of Bithar by Sept 10

Khulna AL's ultimatum

24 August 2009, 17:00 PM

Staff Correspondent, Khulna

Khulna City Corporation Mayor Talukder Abdul Khaleque yesterday said Khulna Awami League will give a call for tough movement if real killers of Jubo League leader Shahid Iqbal Bithar and their masterminds are not arrested by September 10. The movement programmes this time will include call for indefinite hartal and road blockade, the mayor said at a big rally at Daulatpur bus stand in the city. “Do not bluff us any more in the name of investigations as you did regarding murder cases in the past. We want you to be sincere enough in conducting investigation into Shahid Iqbal Bither murder case and arresting his killers and masterminds, whoever they may be,” the mayor said pointing to Khulna Metropolitan Police (KMP) officials. The mayor called upon the people of all walks of life in Khulna to get ready for joining the movement from September 11 if the police fail to arrest real killers of Shahid Iqbal Bithar. Presided over by panel mayor No 2 Moniruzzaman Khan Khokon, the rally was addressed, among others, by panel mayor No 1 Ajmol Ahmed Tapan, Ward Councillors' Coordination Committee convenor Ali Akbar Tipu, Khulna City unit General Secretary of Jatiya Party Molla Mujibar Rahman and Jubo League leader Ferdaus Hossain Labu. Before the rally, the newly formed 'KCC Ward Councillors' Coordination Committee to Resist Terrorism' organised a human chain. Shahid Iqbal Bithar, a central leader of Jubo League and a ward councillor of KCC, was gunned down on July 11 night near his Musalmanpara residence in Khulna city. Meanwhile, Assistant Police Commissioner Abu Sayem claimed that Detective Branch of KMP has made progress in the investigation of the case as arrested outlaw Ikram Hossain Akash named some influential persons as masterminds. “We want permission from higher authorities to arrest and interrogate them,” he said.