Our Correspondent, Gaibandha

Speakers at a meeting yesterday demanded that the authorities concerned would waste no time in carrying out the death sentences of the killers of Gaibandha-1 (Sundarganj) lawmaker Manjurul Islam Liton.

They made the demand at a meeting, commemorating the third anniversary of the killing, on the premises of Ashraf Ali Cold storage in Sundarganj upazila.

Presided over by AK Habib Sarker, principal of DW Degree College, the meeting was attended by several hundred people.

Among others, Liton’s widowed wife Khurshid Jahan Smrity, Mehdi Mostafa Masud, Ataur Rahman, Sadequl Islam Dulal, Habibur Rahman Habi, Nasreen Sultana and Shyamoli Akhter also spoke at the programme.

Earlier, leaders and activists from different political parties including Awami League and its affiliated bodies placed floral wreaths at the grave of Liton and offered prayers for the salvation of the departed soul.

On December 31, 2016, unknown assailants shot him dead inside his home in Sundarganj upazila around 6:00pm.

On November 28 in 2019, a Gaibandha court handed down death penalty to seven people, including former Gaibandha lawmaker from Jatiya Party Col (retd) Abdul Kader Khan, over the murder of Liton.

The other convicts are Anwarul Islam Rana, Shaheen Mia Santo, Rashedul Hasan Mehdi, Kader’s personal secretary Shamsuzzoha Sarker, Kader’s driver Abdul Hannan and Chandan Kumar Roy.

Of the seven convicts, Chandan fled to India nearly three years ago, soon after the murder, said police.