Manhunt for Khulna tycoon Tayebur
Allegation of helping top Aug 21 grenade attack suspect cross border
Staff Correspondent, Khulna
A special squad of Khulna Metropolitan Police (KMP) has been directed to track down prominent businessman Tayebur Rahman of Khulna city for allegedly harbouring Makbul Hossain alias Mukul, prime suspect in the August 21 grenade attack on an Awami League rally in Dhaka last year. Mukul and his aide Joy took shelter at the Khulna residence of Tayabur Rahman for four days before fleeing the country after the August 21 grenade attack, police claimed. Tayebur Rahman, owner of Friends Arcade Market at Jalil Tower in Khulna city went into hiding after Wednesday's serial bomb attacks across the country, police said. But sources at the Friends Arcade Markets said Tayebur Rahman could not be traced since August 16. His family members also said they do not know anything about his whereabouts. Police sources claimed that Tayebur helped Mukul and Joy cross the border through Taluigacha border in Satkhira on the night of August 25 last year. Makbul Hossain Mukul ahails from Kashempur village in Satkhira Sadar thana. But it is yet to be revealed how Khulna businessman Tayebur came in contact with 'terrorist' Mukul, said to be the prime suspect in the August 21 grenade attacks, said a senior official of KMP.
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