Our Correspondent :
A Gaibandha court on Wednesday granted a 10-day remand to interrogate former lawmaker Dr Abdul Kader Khan in connection with the murder of MP Manjurul Islam Liton.
Kader Khan was the Member of Parliament from Gaibandha-1 Constituency
during the 9th Parliament. Liton was elected lawmaker from the same constituency in 10th National Parliament Election. Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Mainul Hasan Yusuf passed the order when sub-inspector of Sundarganj Police Station Investigation Officer of the case Abu Haider Moahmmad Ashrafuzzaman produced him in the court seeking a 10-day remand.
Meanwhile, Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Rangpur Range Khandaker Golam Faruk claimed that Abdul Kader Khan was the mastermind of the murder.
He planned to kill Liton to become MP again, the DIG told a press conference at Gaibandha Police Super’s office on Wednesday.
“Kader assassinated Liton hiring hitmen,” Golam Faruk said. Detectives arrested Dr Abdul Kader Khan, former Jatiya Party MP from Gaibandha-1, from his residence at Rahman Nagar Ziladarpara in Bogra district town on Tuesday.
Police also kept Rana, another suspected in the gruesome murder case, under surveillance, he said, adding that Rana would be arrested any time soon.
Meanwhile, three accused-Mehdi, Shamim and Hannan were arrested in connection the MP Liton murder case and reportedly confessed to the killing before a Magistrate here on Tuesday. Liton was shot at point blank range by miscreants at his village home at Masterpara in Bamandanga union of Sundarganj upazila on December 31.
He was admitted to Rangpur Medical College Hospital where doctors declared him dead.
