Jubo League leader murdered; Rab identifies another leader as one of the killers
Footage of CC camera at the entrance of Shoppers World in Gulshan shows a man in white Punjabi, pyjama and an Islamic prayer cap shooting Jubo League leader Milky from a close range early yesterday.
A Jubo League leader was shot dead allegedly by a party man and another youth in front of a shopping mall in the capital’s Gulshan area early yesterday.
The deceased, Riazul Haque Khan Milky, 43, was the organising secretary of the Dhaka city (south) unit Jubo League, the youth wing of the ruling Awami League.
It is evident from CC camera footage that a man wearing a white punjabi and a topi started shooting at Milky from a close range at the entrance of Shoppers World in Gulshan.
The footage shows that the punjabi-clad killer moved in on Milky from the latter’s left side. He was talking on the mobile phone and started shooting at Milky, who fell on the ground on impact.
When Milky tried to get up, the killer kept firing at him to make sure that he was dead.
The killer’s face was not clear in the footage. Rab later identified the man as HM Jahid Siddique alias Tarek, 35, joint secretary of the Dhaka City (south) unit Jubo League.
Riazul Haque Khan Milky
Two motorbikes arrived at the scene at the time of shooting, and the killer left the spot on one of those.
Kismat Hayat, commanding officer of Rab-1, said a separate footage showed that another young man also shot Milky at the same spot and left on a motorbike.
It showed that a car was parked in front of Milky’s car at the mall’s entrance before the shooting. That car left the place immediately after the incident, said Kismat.
When the killers were shooting at Milky, a policeman and a few others were near the entrance of the market.
Rab arrested prime suspect Tarek, Tuhinur Rahman, 25, Syed Mostafa Ali alias Rumi, 33, Mohammad Russel Mahmud, 25, Saidul Islam alias Nuruzzaman, 22, and Mohammad Suzon Hawlader.
At least six people were involved in the killing, said Kismat.
Rab suspected that Milky might have been killed as a sequel to feuds over the formation of the Jubo League committee, tenders and establishing supremacy.
Milky was rushed to nearby Shahabuddin Medical College Hospital where doctors declared him dead.
The body was sent to Dhaka Medical College morgue for autopsy. It bore multiple bullet wounds, and at least four bullets were found in the victim’s head and chest, said sources at the morgue.
Tarek
Victim’s family members said Milky, who lived in the capital’s Mohammadpur area, had gone to Gulshan for shopping. But they declined to speak further.
The body was kept at the Birdem mortuary after namaj-e-janaza in front of the Awami League central office. The decision about his burial will be made after his brother arrives in Dhaka from the USA.
Hours after the incident, State Minister for Home Shamsul Haque Tuku told reporters at his secretariat office that the investigation will take its due course and the killers’ political affiliation will not hamper it.
Source: The Daily Star
