Noor Hossain lands in jail

Narayanganj’s seven-murder prime accused Noor Hossain, who was extradited from India Thursday night, landed in Dhaka Central Jail on Friday in eleven cases relating to killings and other criminal offences in his locality.
The Narayanganj district chief judicial magistrate, Shahidul Islam, in a short hearing on the weekend court, sent him to jail in the cases, two of which relate to the seven people killings in April 2014.
Handcuffed and wearing bulletproof vest and helmet, Noor Hossain was produced in the packed courtroom amid tight security.
The district court police inspector Habibur Rahman told the court that Noor was produced in order to implement two arrest warrants issued against him in connection with the seven people killing cases.
He also said Noor was declared fugitive in nine other cases filed with Siddhirganj and Fatullah police stations and with the magistrate courts.
The chief judicial magistrate, Shahidul, remanded Noor in jail custody showing him arrested in all cases.
Inspector Habibur said Noor will be produced before the courts where the respective cases are pending with.
On April 27, 2014, the Rapid Action Battalion allegedly picked up seven people –the then Narayanganj city panel mayor Nazrul Islam and four of his associates, and a senior lawyer Chandan Kumar Sarkar and his driver – from Dhaka-Narayanganj link road.
Their bodies were found floating in Shitalakkhya River after a couple of days, triggering violent protests in the city and elsewhere.
Noor Hossain, also Awami League Siddhirganj’s unit senior vice-president, went into hiding following the incident as his nexus with elite force was exposed.
Nazrul’s family was alleging RAB in Narayanganj was hired with Tk five crore for the multiple killings.
Nazrul’s widow Selina Islam Beauty filed a case against Noor Hossain and five others. Chandan Kumar’s family filed another case against unnamed people.
The police in May 2014 sought the Interpol’s cooperation to arrest Noor Hossain, who fled to India nearly a week after the killings.
On June 14, 2014 the Special Task Force of the West Bengal police arrested Noor along with his two associates in Kolkata.
On April 8, 2015, investigation officer of the cases, inspector Mamun-Or-Rashid, submitted two charge sheets against 35 people including Noor Hossain and 25 officers and rankers of Rapid Action Battalion for the killing of the seven people.
The 35 accused also included, detained, the then RAB-11 commanding officer Lieutenant Colonel Tareque Sayeed Mohammad, also son-in-law of cabinet member Mufazzal Hossain Chowdhury Maya, the then RAB-11 special company commander Major Arif Hossain and the then RAB-11 Crime Prevention Company commander Lieutenant Commander Masud Rana, all who are now behind the bars.
In the statement before judicial magistrate, sacked major Arif reportedly described how he was associated with Noor Hossain and how Noor bribed him and finally who else he was engaged to carry out the killings.
During the hearing inside the courtroom on Friday, Noor was seen smiling almost all of the time of the 10-minute hearing as he put off his helmet while locals were chanting slogans demanding his capital punishment. ‘We demand Noor Hossain’s hanging’ – the slogan could be heard from outside.
While Noor was smiling, Selina Islam, who was elected councillor from her husband’s constituency, was seen sobbing standing a few yards opposite to Noor inside the court.
Prior to the court hearing, ruling Awami League leader Noor, standing on the dock flanked by policemen, wanted to talk to the Narayanganj Bar Association president Anisur Rahman Dipu, who refused to talk. Anisur told New Age Noor wanted to talk to him but ‘I refused gently.’
Selina Islam told New Age the plotters still remained untouched and ‘we are demanding further investigation in the case.’
The Narayanganj police superintendent Kh Mahid Uddin said her application seeking further investigation was rejected twice as separate courts found the case docket ‘well-compiled.’
On Friday, Noor initially landed in the Narayanganj district jail but later was transferred to Dhaka Central Jail, where Tareque Sayeed Mohammad, among others, was imprisoned.
Dhaka’s senior jail superintendent Jahangir Kabir said Noor and Tareque Sayeed were kept in separate cells.  Prison officials said Tareque was enjoying division facilities while Belal, another accused in the case, also was imprisoned in the same jail.
Noor Hossain, now a sacked Narayanganj City Corporation councillor, was brought back on Thursday from Indian after the authorities in the neighbouring country dropped tresspassing charges against him in mid-October.
The Indian Border Security Force at about 11:30pm on Thursday handed over Noor to Border Guard Bangladesh authority at Benapol border in Jessore.
Earlier on Thursday, a team led by Narayanganj additional superintendent of police (crime)
Moklesur Rahman went to Benapole to escort Noor Hossain.
But, minutes after Noor was handed over to police custody, RAB additional director general Colonel Ziaul Ahsan took Noor into his SUV along with Jessore’s additional police superintendent Ariful Haque and the district detective branch officer-in-charge Ali Ahmed Hashmi.

Noor, a ruling party man who rose from being a transport worker to a city councillor, was escorted by eight other vehicles and driven directly to RAB-1 headquarters in Uttara Friday morning.
Inspector Hashmi told New Age that Noor underwent a medical examination in RAB-1 office and later was moved to Narayanganj police lines at about 8:30am.
The Narayanganj police superintendent Kh Mahid Uddin refused to comment on why Noor was taken to RAB custody as the complainant had been alleging of a ‘nexus’ between RAB and Noor Hossain.
But, Colonel Zia wrote in his Facebook wall ‘It was a great achievement of the RAB forces to get Noor Hossain back from the Indian authority. Though this force was involved with this murder but this elite organisation could uncover the fact within 12 hrs after the incident.’
‘Most of the accused were arrested by RAB and handed over to the enquiry officer of Narayanganj police.’
Police officials said Noor was accused in a total of 20 cases in Bangladesh since 1992, in which nine cases were dismissed.
His party insiders said he served jail at least twice—firstly in 1997 when before he joined the then ruling Awami League and secondly in 2011 before he was elected city councillor.
Noor Hossain had set up a booming illegal sand trade on the banks of Shitalakkhya, many of which were demolished when he went into hiding.
Noor was handed over to Bangladesh a day after Bangladesh handed over United Liberation Front of Asom general
secretary Anup Chetia and two of his associates, to India in secrecy, early Wednesday.

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