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Limon's Ordeal Goes on

Informers in question

Criminals to locals, but not to Rab

Special Correspondent
Ibrahim Hawlader, who assaulted Limon Hossain, his mother and brother on Eid day, is known to locals and some policemen as an extortionist, drug dealer and robber.
Rajapur police sources in Jhalakathi said the entire gang of Morshed Jomaddar, a top criminal on the Rab list, is now serving as Rab informants. Ibrahim, 40, is one of them.
Jhalakathi superintendent of police Mozib Ali, however, said police were yet to find out Ibrahim's criminal record.
But locals allege that Ibrahim is an active member of the gang previously led by Morshed. On his side, Ibrahim has his
nephew, Tuhin, who is also allegedly involved in various criminal activities in the area.
After the disappearance of Morshed following Rab's bid to arrest him last year, the helm of this group fell into the hands of another "wanted criminal" Nurul Alam Howlader Nannu.
Over the last one year, Ibrahim, Tuhin and Nannu and Malek Jomaddar of Rajapur upazila have become Rab sources, locals added. The camaraderie between the elite force and some local "bad boys" started following the Rab shooting of college student Limon on March 23 last year.
“This gang has a long past of criminal
SEE PAGE 7 COL 6 FROM PAGE 1 records,” said a school teacher, preferring not to be named. "Sadly, a poor and innocent college boy like Limon has fallen prey to a state machinery trying to conceal the truth and save the criminals ofthe area."
Contacted, Ibrahim refuted all the allegations the locals and some police personnel raised against him.
An elderly resident of Jomaddar Hatkhola, where Limon was shot by a Rab team in the left leg, said as soon as Limon's innocence became clear to everyone, the "criminals" of the area made themselves known as Limon's enemies and Rab's informants.
Of them, Ibrahim is witness No 17 in a Rab case
filed against Limon.
“Since the shooting incident, these criminals have been openly threatening people with crossfire even over trifles," he said, seeking anonymity.
Another source in the area told this correspondent that for years Ibrahim, Tuhin, Nannu, and Malek have been involved in robberies and other criminal activities. "You ask anyone in the area in confidence, they will tell you their stories."
After shooting Limon, then 16, the Rab team claimed that the college student was hit in a shootout between its members and Limon's associates. The elite force also filed two cases against Limon — one for possessing illegal arms and the other for obstructing its members in discharging their
duties and opening fire on them.
The cases against Limon and others are now awaiting trial in a Jhalakathi court.
Ironically, Rajapur police recently submitted a final report to a Jhalakathi court on the case filed by Limon's mother against six Rab personnel. In the report police said they had found no evidence that Rab shot Limon or attempted to kill the youngman.
Colonel Faridul Alam, commanding officer of Rab-8, told The Daily Star that Ibrahim Hawlader had once been their informant.
"Usually we do not keep our sources for more than six months in a place In Ibrahim's case, we sacked him long ago because we had reports of him getting involved in undesirable