Staff Reporter :
The Police Department on Tuesday launched an investigation into the new hit list that includes the head of a university, journalists and ruling party men.
“We have taken the matter seriously as a plot to murder a list of people cannot be underestimated.” Shymal Kumar Mukherjee, Superintendent of Police (SP) in Natore told The New Nation on Tuesday. “We have already launched an investigation into the matter,” he added.
Islamic Liberation Front (ILF), an extremist out which aims to establish Islamic Khilafat in the country, issued the hit-list on Monday, naming 10 renowned people, including Rajshahi University Vice Chancellor M Mizanuddin and former mayor Khairuzzaman Liton.
Others named in the list include Rajshahi lawmaker Fazle Hossain Badsha, Rajshahi district unit Awami League Secretary Asaduzzaman and journalist Anu Mostafa.
ILF sent the hit list in a letter to the President of Natore Press Club from Rajshahi amid a series of gruesome murders of secular bloggers and intellectuals in the country.
Natore Press Club President Rezaul Karim Reza said that an envelope containing a computer-composed letter on an ILF pad reached the club by post.
When asked, the SP said the letter bearing the name of Islami Liberation Front said that it has launched a mission to kill the 10 people.
“We do not know anything about this group as it did not previously claimed responsibility of any killing. No matter we have any information about the group but we have taken the matter seriously,” he added.
He further said that police have beefed up intelligence activities in the district following the death threat.
“We are giving special attention to the people who have been included in the hit list,” Md. Shamsuddin, Rajshahi Metropolitan Police (RMP) Commissioner told The New Nation on Tuesday night over phone.
He said the RMP has already arranged security measures for those whose names appear on the list.
The RMP Commissioner also said that they are taking the matter seriously and investigating the authenticity of the threat.
