Bagerhat Correspondent :
Police arrested one Abu Zafar who is known as Killer Abu alias Abu of Barisal (40), an accused of 21 criminal cases from the village Gutia under Dumuria Upazila in Khulna district at 5 pm on Saturday and according his statement, the police recovered a home made gun and a live cartridge from his village house premise at Zamirtala after digging the same on Saturday night.
On February 11, he chopped Nurul Islam (65), a local Awami League worker and a 4rth class employee of Zamirtala Dakhil Madrsa in Morrelganj Upazila to death in front of the Madrasa and fled away. Tarak Biswas, Officer-in-charge (Investigation) of Morrelganj PS and IO (Investigating Officer) of the case disclosed, acting on secret information a police squad led by me raided the village Gutia under Dumuria Upazila in Khulna district on Saturday and arrested Abu Zafar from there. Police further disclosed, Abu Zafar was once a close associate of notorious Ershad Shikdar of Khulna. While Abu Zafar was living in Khulna he was known as Abu of Barisal alias killer Abu. Officer-in-charge (investigation) Tarak Biswas said, Killer Abu Zafar, son of one Yusuf dacoit of village Zamirtala is the main accused of the murder case of Madrasa employee Nurul Islam.
The OC also said, besides this, as many as 21 criminal cases are pending against him in Khulna Sadar PS, Dumuria PS and Morrelganj PS in connection with murder, attempt to murder, extraction of money from others and fire arms.
