Shoheb uddin Ahmed from Feni :
Police on Friday detained Abeed, a listed terrorist of Feni, and his eight associates from Dhaka after identifying them from the video footages of the gruesome killing of Fulgazi Upazila Chairman Ekramul on May 20 last.
Law enforcers earlier identified four killers of a squad of 30-35 men, Ruti Sohel, Parvez and Humayun, on the basis of video footages of the killing, which took place in broad day light.
Abeed, who is elder son of General Secretary of district Mohila Awami League Laila Jasmin Boromani, shoot Ekram in the head first, according to witnesses of the incident.
Laila Jasmin Boromani is a relative of much talked former Awami League Member of Parliament Joynal Hazari.
Police Superintendent of Feni District Paritosh Ghosh talking to journalists on Friday said that Nizam Hazari, MP and Joynal Hazari would be interrogated in connection with the case in the interest of investigation.
He further said that significant progress has been made in the Ekramul Haque killing case. He said that the border check posts have been kept on alert so that the suspects of Ekramul Haque killer could not flee the country.
Meanwhile, Awami League leaders and activists formed a human chain at the Fulgazi upazila headquarters on Friday morning demanding immediate arrest of the main perpetrators behind the killing.
Nizam Uddin Hazari, MP of Feni-2 , demanded immediate arrest of the killers and their punishment. After the human chain, Abdul Alim, General Secretary of Feni district unit Awami League read out a written statement at a press conference held at the party office.
UNB adds: Police in their overnight drives on Thursday arrested two suspected killers of Fulgazi upazila chairman Ekramul Haque from Sadar upazila.
The arrested persons were identified as Anwar Hossain and Alauddin.
A team of police arrested Anwar from Madhuail while Alauddin from Sharishadi village, police said.
Earlier, police detained 23 people from different parts of the district in connection with the killing. Later, 21 of them were released after showing the rest two arrested in the murder case.
