3 held over MP Liton murder

Gaibandha Correspondent:  Police have arrested three persons including Jamaat-e-Islami leader Mahbubur Rahman Bablu in connection with the killing of Gaibandha-1 lawmaker Manjurul Islam Liton.

Police arrested them from different places of Sundarganj upazila early Saturday.

Mahbubur Rahman Bablu is the president of Horipur union unit of Jamaat-e-Islami. Two of the arrestees were not identified immediately.

Atiar Rahman, officer-in-charge of Sundarganj Police Station, confirmed the matter.  

Liton was shot dead by some miscreants at his village home at Masterpara in Bamandanga union of Sundarganj Upazila on December 31.

The MP was admitted to Rangpur Medical College Hospital where doctors declared him dead.

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