UNB, Dhaka :
Once a truck driver’s assistant, Nur Hossain rose to become an influential man in Narayanganj by hobnobbing with political party figures, including those of the BNP and the Awami League.
The prime accused in the sensational seven-murder case has as many as 22 cases against him for four murders, extortion, and running illegal sand and stone-chip businesses, according to police.
“He is wanted in 13 of the cases. We will produce him in court in all of them,” said Superintendent of Narayanganj police Khandker Mohid Uddin, a day after Hossain was brought back from India.
Even while Nur Hossain was being held in an Indian
jail, a Narayanganj court sentenced him to a year’s imprisonment on a wildlife-related violation of the law. Narayanganj Chief Metropolitan Magistrate’s Court sent him to jail in 11 of these cases on Friday.
Nur Hossain made his way into politics as a Krishak League member in 1992, according to locals.
He later switched sides to join the BNP, helped by the then BNP lawmaker Giasuddin, and went on to become chairman of the Siddhirganj Union Parishad. When the Awami League came to power in 1996, he did a quick somersault to join the party with ample backing from local MP Shamim Osman.
Later, he became president of the Kanchpur chapter of Bangladesh Truck Driver-Labourers’ Union.
Between 2001 and 2008, the ‘listed criminal’ remained in hiding. The last caretaker government went to the extent of seeking Interpol help for his arrest. With the ninth parliamentary election bringing the Awami League back to power, Hossain resurfaced in Narayanganj and was elected councillor of Ward-4 in the Narayanganj City Corporation polls held in October 2011.
Erstwhile Siddhirganj municipality administrator and BNP leader Abdul Matin Prodhan saw the rise of Hossain closely. “Media covered his wrongdoings several times. There is nothing to say again how notorious he is,” Prodhan said.
After the seven murders in April last year, he sought MP Osman’s help in a phone call, which was leaked and published in media later.
“Brother, I’m in great trouble. I’m uneducated. I’ve made many mistakes…Your’e like my father. I love you so much,” Hossain was heard telling Osman. The Awami League MP admitted in a media conference that he spoke to Hossain over telephone. He defended himself saying the report “was not complete and was motivated.”
Once a truck driver’s assistant, Nur Hossain rose to become an influential man in Narayanganj by hobnobbing with political party figures, including those of the BNP and the Awami League.
The prime accused in the sensational seven-murder case has as many as 22 cases against him for four murders, extortion, and running illegal sand and stone-chip businesses, according to police.
“He is wanted in 13 of the cases. We will produce him in court in all of them,” said Superintendent of Narayanganj police Khandker Mohid Uddin, a day after Hossain was brought back from India.
Even while Nur Hossain was being held in an Indian
jail, a Narayanganj court sentenced him to a year’s imprisonment on a wildlife-related violation of the law. Narayanganj Chief Metropolitan Magistrate’s Court sent him to jail in 11 of these cases on Friday.
Nur Hossain made his way into politics as a Krishak League member in 1992, according to locals.
He later switched sides to join the BNP, helped by the then BNP lawmaker Giasuddin, and went on to become chairman of the Siddhirganj Union Parishad. When the Awami League came to power in 1996, he did a quick somersault to join the party with ample backing from local MP Shamim Osman.
Later, he became president of the Kanchpur chapter of Bangladesh Truck Driver-Labourers’ Union.
Between 2001 and 2008, the ‘listed criminal’ remained in hiding. The last caretaker government went to the extent of seeking Interpol help for his arrest. With the ninth parliamentary election bringing the Awami League back to power, Hossain resurfaced in Narayanganj and was elected councillor of Ward-4 in the Narayanganj City Corporation polls held in October 2011.
Erstwhile Siddhirganj municipality administrator and BNP leader Abdul Matin Prodhan saw the rise of Hossain closely. “Media covered his wrongdoings several times. There is nothing to say again how notorious he is,” Prodhan said.
After the seven murders in April last year, he sought MP Osman’s help in a phone call, which was leaked and published in media later.
“Brother, I’m in great trouble. I’m uneducated. I’ve made many mistakes…Your’e like my father. I love you so much,” Hossain was heard telling Osman. The Awami League MP admitted in a media conference that he spoke to Hossain over telephone. He defended himself saying the report “was not complete and was motivated.”
