AL unit president held for plotting murder of his GS

Staff Correspondent

Dhaka City Corporation's ward-41 Awami League President Noor Mohammad was arrested yesterday on suspicion of plotting the murder of the unit's general secretary, Fazlul Huq.
Noor, 68, was admitted to National Institute of Chest Diseases and Hospital, Mohakhali, after unidentified people gunned him down at West Agargaon Bazar on January 8.
Selim Mohammad Jahangir, deputy commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (Tejgaon division), said detectives picked up Noor after his discharge from the hospital.
A source said doctors released the man around 11:00am.
DC Mahbubur Rahman of Detective Branch (north) said they had taken Noor to the DB office in the afternoon for interrogation. The detainee will be produced before a Dhaka court today along with a remand prayer.
On January 14, Fazlul Huq was shot dead in the city's Agargaon area.
According to DB sources, so far nine persons, including Noor Mohammad's son-in-law, have been arrested in connection with the killing.
Detectives said they started suspecting Noor as the mastermind of Fazlul murder after interrogating the other arrestees.
Both Noor and Fazlul were preparing to run for the councillor post in the upcoming Dhaka City Corporation (DCC) polls and campaigning in their areas, locals and police sources said.
A row over securing party backing in the election might have triggered the gun attacks, they added.