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Escape of Nur Hossain

N'ganj lawyers demand arrest of Shamim Osman

Staff Correspondent
As the remand of Moshiur Rahman and Kamal, the two arrested for allegedly helping Nur Hossain escape, ended yesterday, Narayanganj district Lawyers' Association yesterday demanded the arrest of Awami League lawmaker Shamim Osman on the same ground.
Staging a protest on the court premise, the lawyer's association referred to a leaked phone conversation between Osman and the prime accused of the seven murders Nur Hossain, where the former assured the alleged criminal that he would have a safe passage to India.
"Moshiur Rahman and Kamal [two aides of Nur| were arrested on the basis of allegations, whereas we have proof in the form of the telephone conversation, in the case of Shamim Osman. Then why is he not being arrested? Is a lawmaker above law?" asked Shakhawat Hossain Khan, president of Narayanganj Lawyers' Association
Talking to our Narayanganj correspondent, Moshiur had previously admitted, "Nur Hossain took refuge in my house on May 1 after the bodies surfaced in the Shitalakkhya river. After two days of his stay, I told my accomplice Kamal to take him to Raghunathpurborder [in Jessore| by motorbike."
Meanwhile, as rumours spread that Shamim Osman was going to be arrested, his party followers rushed to the lawmaker's house in Chasara at 1:30am yesterday, and took position in front of it to prevent his detention, reported our Narayanganj correspondent.
Separately, the eight-day remand of former Rab official Lt Commander Masud Rana arrested in connection withy the seven murders ended yesterday. He will be placed in court today.
When the other two accused ex-Rab men Lt Gol Tareque Sayeed Mohammad and Maj Arif Hossain were placed before court on May 30, Mamunur Rashid Mandal, officer-in-charge of the district detective branch of police, claimed in a report given to the court that the two were involved in the murders.
Arguing in favour of the remand prayer, Narayanganj Lawyers' Association President Shakhawat Hossain had told the court that the two Rab officials had admitted their involvement in the murders and disclosed important informationin this regard.
The court then granted a five-day fresh remand for each, reported our Narayanganj correspondent.
These three Rab officials were fired and arrested for their alleged involvement in the abduction and killing of the seven people in Narayanganj late last month.
On the other hand, eight police officers, involved in searching for missing Narayanganj panel mayor Nazrul Islam and the six others after abduction, are being called for a public hearing this afternoon, which will begin in the circuit house at 3:00pm.
They will be questioned about whether they were being pressurised by any' parties during the search, said a top official of the probe committee, wishing to remain anonymous.