Sirajganj 4-Murder
'Mastermind' Jamaat leader arrested
Ziaul Huq Zia
CID police yesterday arrested a Jamaat-e-Islami leader and Union Parishad chairman from Ullapara Bazaar in Sirajganj for his alleged involvement in the sensational four-murder case. Arrested Ziaul Huq Zia of Char Narina village is also a Majlish-e-Shura member of Shahzadpur upazila Jamaat and chairman of Narina Union Parishad. According to police sources, a gang of miscreants entered the house of cloth trader Rejaul Karim Bhutto at Bachmora village and hacked him to death along with his wife Zinzira Khatun, son Ashik, 5, and daughter Rimi, 3 on the night of June 20, 2004. Next day, Shahzadpur police recovered the bodies and sent those to Sirajganj Sadar hospital morgue for autopsy. A case was lodged with Shahzadpur police station. The charge of investigation was later handed over to CID. The CID investigation report said Ziaul Huq was the mastermind behind the murders. He evaded arrest earlier by using political influence, the report said. Ziaul Huq went into hiding after the 1/11. Tipped off that he came back home, CID police raided Ullapara Bazaar and arrested him yesterday. He was being interrogated when the report was filed yesterday evening.
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