Top outlaw Khora Liton to be brought to Khulna

Faces 10 cases including journalists' murder

13 December 2006, 18:00 PM

Outlaw Shahadat Hossain alias Khora Liton, the prime accused in Turjo murder case in Dhaka will be brought to Khulna for interrogation in ten criminal cases including five for five murders, Khulna Metropolitan Police (KMP) Commissioner Nazmul Huq said here yesterday.

According to detective police, the outlaw is a regional leader of Januddho faction of Purba Banglar Communist Party (PBCP). He is the son of late Abdul Kader of Pabla village under Daulatpur thana in Khulna City.

Khora Liton fled from Khulna in the middle of 2004 and took shelter in the house of a BNP lawmaker in Bagerhat. From there he went to Dhaka early last year in the face of anti-crime operation by RAB. He was given shelter at the house of a top central leader of Chatra Dal in Dhaka, police sources said.

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DB police said Khora Liton came to Khulna last year and killed BNP leader Mizanur Rahman Bablu in Daulatpur in a bomb attack.

According to DB police, the arrested outlaw played a key role in snatching Janajuddho founder Dada Tapan from police custody in Khulna judges court in 2002.

His girl friend Shiuli, also arrested in Turjo murder case, helped him in snatching the founder of Janajuddho faction of PBCP.

Khora Liton was directly involved in killing of journalists Manik Saha and Humayun Kabir Balu in bomb attacks in 2004, DB police claimed.

Khora Liton and Shiuli fell in love while they served as third class employees in Khulna City Corporation in 1999. They were linked with underground organisations since then, DB police said.