Nur Hossain handed over to Bangladesh
Nur Hossain, the prime accused in Narayanganj seven murders case, was brought back to the country from Indias West Bengal through Benapole border yesterday. Earlier in the day, after receiving Nur from the Indian authorities, officials from Kolkatas Bangladesh Deputy High Commission started for Petrapole border point under police protection. After the delegation reached Petrapole, Indian Border Security Force (BSF) handed Nur over to a Bangladesh joint team of police and Border Guard Bangladesh on the no-mans land between Petrapole and Bangladeshi Benapole check-posts on completion of required formalities. Later, the law enforcers entered the country along with Nur Hossain in a microbus around 11:30pm. The development comes within 24 hours of Bangladeshs handing over of ULFA Supremo Anup Chetia and two of his accomplices to the Indian authorities. Nur, who was arrested in India for illegally trespassing into the neighbouring country, was handed over to Bangladeshi officials at 5pm yesterday from West Bengals Dum Dum central jail. A team of Narayanganj police led by its Additional Superintendent Mukhlesur Rahman was there in Benapole to take Nur to the district from the border under police custody. Earlier, Director General of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) Major General Aziz Ahmed told The Independent that Nur might be brought back to Dhaka either on Thursday night or Friday (today) morning. The Indian authorities had earlier said that they will send back Nur Hossain, also a leader of the ruling Awami League, to Bangladesh as per the order a West Bengal court issued on October 16, to face trial for the sensational murder case. A high official of the home ministry said the Indian authorities have sent Nur Hossain back home in exchange of the return of ULFA leader Chetia to India on Wednesday.
Senior Secretary of Home Ministry Mozammel Haque Khan told The Independent earlier yesterday that they have completed all the formalities and are ready to receive Nur Hossain from the Indian authorities since the Indian court order on October 16. India is a friendly country and the relation between the countries is now better then the past. Thats why we have been able to resolve most of the long pending issues such as the handover of Anup Chetia to India and the successful implementation of the land boundary agreement, he said. The hand over of Nur Hossain is the continuation of that same relation, he added. The Bangladesh government had requested the Indian government to hand over Hossain to it after the Indian courts verdict and completed all necessary requirement to bring him back. Following a tip-off by the Interpol, Nur Hossain and his two associates, Selim and Sumon, were arrested by an anti-terrorism squad of Kolkata Police from Dum Dum on June 14, 2014, on charges of entering India without legal passports and visa. The police also seized a loaded revolver, 10 mobile SIM cards, a laptop, a pen drive, a CD, and some papers from their possession. On April 27, 2014, Narayanganj panel mayor Nazrul Islam, his three associates and his driver were abducted by miscreants from Fatullah area of Narayanganj. Hours after their abduction, a senior lawyer of the district Judges Court, Chandan Kumar Sarker, and his driver were also abducted on their way to the capital. Three days into their abduction, the bodies of six persons, including that of Nazrul and Sarker, were recovered from the Shitalakhya, on April 30. The following day, the body of Jahangir, the driver of Nazrul Islams car, was also recovered from the river. After the murders, Nur Hossains name surfaced as the prime suspect of the murders, prompting him to flee to Kolkata.
