Police arrested Jubo League leader Murad Khan from the Babupara railway station area of Rangpur on Saturday. Photo: BSS

 
RANGPUR, Feb 2, 2025 (BSS) - Police arrested Jubo League leader Murad Khan 
accused in the murder case of Mahmudul Hasan Munna, who was killed in Rangpur 
city during the student-led July-August mass-uprising. 

"The Rangpur Metropolitan Police (RpMP) arrested him from the Babupara 
railway station area of the city around 9:30 pm on Saturday," Officer-in-
Charge (OC) of RpMP's Kotwali Police Station Md Ataur Rahman told BSS this 
afternoon.
 
Murad Khan, organising secretary of Ward 28 Jubo League, is the son of late 
Mostaq Alam of Station Babupara area in the city. 
 
Rangpur Metropolitan Police Commissioner Md Majid Ali told reporters that 
Murad had been in hiding since August 5 to avoid arrest. 
 
Murad Khan is the 54th accused in the murder case. 
 
"Investigation Officer (IO) of the case Sub-inspector Mostafizur Rahman 
produced Murad Khan before a Rangpur court this afternoon," OC Ataur Rahman 
said.

A case has been filed against Nuruzzaman Ahmed, his son and 128 others in the 
incident of the death of Mahmudul Hasan Munna during the anti-discrimination 
movement in Rangpur, police said.
 
Munna's father Abdul Majid filed the case in the Rangpur Metropolitan 
Magistrate Kotwali Cognizance Court on August 29 last year.
 
In this case, police arrested Nuruzzaman Ahmed, the former Social Welfare 
Minister of the ousted Awami League government from his one relative's house 
in the Post Office lane on Central Road in the city last Thursday night.
 
In this case, police arrested Al-Amin Hossain, the leader of the banned 
organization Chhatra League, along with a sharp weapon from the city's 
Babupara station at night on January 28.
 
Earlier on October 27 last year, Lalmonirhat District Detective Branch (DB) 
police arrested Shamsuzzaman Ahmed Bhutto, the younger brother of former 
Social Welfare Minister Nuruzzaman Ahmed, from Kaliganj Bazar in the same 
case.