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BACHCHU KILLING

Little progress in investigation

STAFF CORRESPONDENT
Investigators said yesterday they could not make much headway into the killing of Dhaka city Awami League (AL) leader advocate Khorshed Alam Bachchu.
"There is no development in the investigation," deputy commissioner of Detective Branch (DB) of police told The Daily Star yesterday.
Investigators quizzing the two arrestees--Ismail Hossain alias Sujon and Mohammad Sohel, both remanded Wednesday for seven days, -- are yet to get any clue from them, said investigation officer (IO) Fazlul Kabir last evening.
He said they raided several places in search of the youths.
Khorshed's wife Jahan Akhtar, however, is still in the dark about the murder. "I do not have any idea about any reason behind the killing," she told The Daily Star yesterday adding, "We do not have any precise suspect."
The investigators yesterday recorded statements of two witnesses from Tejgaon area. One of the witnesses, an owner of a tea-stall at Tejkunipara, said he had seen four armed youths in the lane since the morning.
"They were not local boys," said a DB source quoting the witness, adding that they even bought cigarettes from that shop and the shop owner had not seen themin the area before.
Meanwhile, Leader of the Opposition in parliament and AL Chief Sheikh Hasina visited Khorshed Alam's Tejgaon residence yesterday afternoon and consoled his family members.
Hasina during her half an hour stay with Khorshed's family urged all to observe the countrywide hartal tomorrowin protest of the murder.
Several thousand AL supporters gathered in front of the house of the slain law affairs secretary of Dhaka City AL and chanted slogans demanding punishment of the killers. The AL supporters then brought out a procession in the area.
AL leaders yesterday brought out a procession from their Bangabandhu Avenue office and paraded the adjacent roads protesting Bachchu's killing.
Residents of Tejgaon said Khorshed Alam was a calm and peaceful neighbour, while the AL activists said he was a dedicated party man serving AL supporters and leaders through his profession.
He dealt with the political cases mostly and fought for the AL activists and leaders without any fees, said the party men.
"We never realised he was such a big leader," said laundry man Zakir who resides next door and has served Khorshed.
Eight police personnel have been posted in front of Khorshed's residence.