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Vol. 5 Num 753 Mon. July 10, 2006  
   
National


Police hunt for top outlaw 'Dada' Tapan


A security blanket has been thrown in Khulna city following an intelligence information that founder of PBCP Janajuddho Abdur Rashid Malitha alias Dada Tapan has been staying here in disguise to raise funds for his underground party by collecting toll from rich businessmen.

Intelligence sources said law enforcers and fanned out in the city on uniform and in plainclothe to arrest the Janajuddho founder who is on top of the list of most wanted terrorists in the country.

Tapan who escaped from police custody in Khulna judges' court in January 2002, reportedly held two secret meetings last week with newly recruited cadres to make them ready for carrying out destructive missions in the city and elsewhere in Khulna district.

All police stations in Khulna city and neighbouring upazilas have been put on high alert, according to sources in the intelligence wing of Khulna Metropolitan Police (KMP).

Searches are being carried out every now and then in suspected hotels and houses, they said.