Sejuti Mourin: Awami League leaders and activists have joined the chorus of the family of Ekramul Haque, demanding investigations into the so-called ‘gunfight’ with RAB, in which the Teknaf Municipality councilor was killed, reports Bdnews24.
A former president of Teknaf Juba League, the 46-year old ruling politician had been elected ward councilor three times in a row. He had served as president of Teknaf Bus Station Traders’ Association and convener of Teknaf HiAce Microbus Workers’ Union.
The release claimed that Ekramul’s name appeared on a Department of Narcotics Control list of ‘top drug dealers’. Describing him as a ‘top yaba godfather’, the RAB also said Ekramul had more than one cases against him at Teknaf Police Station under narcotics control law.
The law enforcers also claimed to have seized 10,000 methamphetamine tablets, also called yaba, a pistol, a gun, six bullets and five bullet cases from the scene.
Many suspect that the elite force mistook Ekramul for someone else during the crackdown in the Noakhaliparha neighborhood in the wee hours of Sunday.
However, Ekramul’s brother Ehsanul Haque Bahadur, told bdnews24 that some people in plainclothes posing as members of an intelligence agency took Ekramul away around 9:30pm on Saturday, claiming they wanted to speak to him over some land issues.
Ehsanul said they later came to know about the death of Ekramul in the ‘gunfight’.
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