Joynal Abedin Khan with Monir Hossain :
The Narayanganj sensational seven-murder case’s prime accused and the death raw convicted Nur Hossain was hungry for illegal wealth and using attractive women as well as dirking wine by allegedly sitting on the nose of the law enforcing agencies.
All types of professional bodies, including public representative and businessmen, bound to fulfill the demand of the so called ‘Emperor Nur Hossain’ as they had no chance to escape the target in the district, local sources said.
In this context, the pro-Awami League leader has recruited a sufficient number of faithful gangsters mainly from relatives and party men to fulfill his all expected demands as soon as per order, they claimed. They gang led by Sohel and Shajalal Badal, who are nephews of the Nur Hossain, already have established the unique supremacy in Naraynaganj city and its adjacent areas by the back of a local lawmaker and some unscrupulous cops members, they added.
According to them, the local people have been pleased for the death sentence of the notorious goon but they have stayed a silent possession based on the future thought of releasing of Nur Hossain following any verdict from High Court to President’s clemency. The inhabitants also are still passing the days totally ‘mum mood’ for the fear of the notorious armed-gang of Nur Hossain.
In the meantime, several families left the area to save the chastity of women and lives and wealth from the gang after observing the infamous activities of Nur Hossain and his cohorts, they added.
The gangsters are still ‘ruling the people’ in their own created ‘mini state’ focusing Shimrail and the Narayanganj city area in the hope for acquittal of Nur Hossain in the view to a probable political decision, they said. They earn crore of extortion money from the transports and business institutes as well as from the landlords and tenants by creating pressure on the people, according to them
Former Woman Councilor (Ward No 4, 5 and 6) Zannatul Ferdous Nila, said that the committing murder, abduction, torturing, and persecution on women incidents were very common phenomena for infamous Nur Hossain and his cohorts.
Nur Hossain used her forcibly as a wife with out marriage at his some temporary houses and different party centers for years which was published by herself on October 30 in 2011.
She tried to commit suicide to save the dignity after fail to get any protection from the Police and local administration against the rumor that she was wife of Nur Hossain. Nila claimed that Nur Hossain was involved in crimes the city, Narayanganj, Munsiganj and some other districts. Nur Hossain and his associates targeted the beautiful women and used them by hook or crook, she said.
They arranged the night-long ‘item song and wine party’ where the girls and women used by them as per their wishes, Nila claimed.
Of the victims, three girl stars named ‘Sadia, Mita and Nurjahan’ were also allocated only for Nur Hossain as usual, she said.
“My husband Sayem Prodhan divorced me centering the tortured on us by Nur Hossain on June 25 in 2013. Nur Hossain also considered Lila as an attractive lady and wanted to recruit her as a body guard,” she added. She was captured at a house of Nur Hossain’s nephew Shahjalal Badal in Munshiganj for few months. She passed many days with Nur Hossain at Hotel Sheraton in the city. She also made India tour with Nur Hossain in several times, according to her.
The slain councilor Nazrul Islam’s wife Selina Islam Beauty told The New Nation on Saturday, “Nur Hossain and his gang have unlimited money and power. The killing and abduction and torturing women are nothing new for them. Our family members, including my son and daughter, are not safe from them.”
“They always follow me wherever I go, monitor whatever I do. They also keep watch in every step,” she said.
We became foes of the gang after filing a murder case against Nur Hossain and his six others cohorts, she claimed.
She said that that high court released six associates from the first information report (FIR) and the court also rejected the prayer of the no confidence against Nur Hossain’s associates Iqbal Hossain, Yasin Mia, Hasmot Ali Hasu, Amirul Islam Razu and anwar Hossain Anu.
In a query, she replied that the threat and observation of the gangsters were continued. “The life of my daughter has been destroyed by some gangsters of Nur Hossain. I went to him to seek justice, but instead of doing justice he violated her daughter,” said a victim’s mother seeking anonymity.
Another victim in trembling voice said, “Brother don’t mention my name please, if so, Badal will kill me. He has tortured my wife brutally taking her away from in front of me but I couldn’t do anything being her husband, his activities even beat the film stories.”
She said, “I came to get justice for my husband’s murder, but what can the witnesses do in such situation?”
They used a two-storied building adjacent to Kachpur Bridge, a tin-shed house near Shimrail Truck Stand and Killier Selims’s house in Kurapara in Bandar areas, a local businessman said.
Some officers of Police and local administrations were allegedly night associates of Nur Hossain in the house while some media activists had closely relation with him, he said.
Besides, the some high-profile persons were also took part in the programs and stayed with the pretty women.
Even, some persons had taken high quality dinner with the Nur Hossain and enjoyed wine, lottery and women, the businessman said.
Nur Hossain earned around Tk 40 lakha for everyday by conducting grabbing lands, selling drugs and extortion from transports and landlords, he said.
The verbally appointed local youths Ali, Hasu, Baro Hazrat, Choto Hazrat and Jasim Uddin Bhuyan took after the charge and administrated the ‘illegal business, the trader said.
According to another sources, Badal used to supply drugs and arms to Nur Hossain, the accused of sensational seven murder case of Narayanganj. Badal has a 70 member armed gang. He has grabbed land of a lot of general people. He opposed filling land by sand when he did not get extortion money. Besides, he led a gang of robbers who committed robberies in different areas since 2011.
Nearly a hundred people, including Awami League leaders and public representatives, have become victims of his torture, they said.
Seeking anonymity, a public representative said, “Badal assaulted me in broad daylight as I refused to pay his demanded Tk two lakhs. People feared to take his name in the area.”
He claimed that Badal was active in the underworld when he was in Dhaka. He killed many innocent people at that time.
“Badal was trading arms business with many terrorists in the city. He also supplied Yaba, heroin and phensidyl in several places and developed a good relation with most of the 23 top terrorists. At least 5 or 6 cases were filed against Badal on charges of murder, robbery, extortion and ar
