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Vol. 5 Num 1023 Wed. April 18, 2007  
   
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Alamgir Kabir sued for patronising JMB


A schoolteacher of Atrai, who was tortured by JMB activists three years ago, yesterday filed a case with the district court accusing former state minister Alamgir Kabir, former MP Shamsul Alam Pramanik and 34 others of patronising the militants.

After hearing, judge Fazlul Haq directed Atrai police to accept the case and submit report after investigation.

Anisur Rahman Master, headmaster of Boraikur Primary School and founder of Boraikuri College in Atari upazila, stated in his petition that JMB militants, led by Bangla Bhai, picked him up on April 21, 2004 and tortured him at their camp at Hamir Kutsa.

He was set free after his son paid a ransom of Tk 5 lakh to JMB.

The petitioner refrained from accusing JMB leader Bangla Bhai, who has already been executed on death penalty awarded by the court in Jhalakathi judges killing case, or any of his cadres.