The New Nation - Internet Edition

Staff Reporter

Top terrorist Sanjidul Islam Imon said he killed filmstar Sohel Chowdhury and that he had close relations with former state minister Lutfuzzaman Babar and former MP Nasiruddin Ahmed Pintu.

Intelligence sources said Ishaq Ali confessed during interrogation that he was a close associate of criminal Dakat Shahid. The two were on a eight-day remand each for interrogation by the CID.

Imon confessed during interrogation that he killed the film star by the order of Aziz Mohammad Bhai and was also closely connected to Babar and Pintu, an infamous JCD cadre in the mid '90s.

Later on, he joined hands with notorious criminal brothers Joseph and Harris Ahmed of Mohammadpur area.

As Joseph and Harris attempted to kill him thrice, he shot dead Titu, another brother of the two criminals in the late '90s in the city, CID interrogators said quoting Imon. It was his first murder mission.

There are nine murder cases against Imon, of which five are under trial at present, said CID officials.

Meanwhile, CID sources said Ishaq was a jeweller and was involved in smuggling of gold bars from Singapore. In 2002, he was caught red-handed with 300 gold bars in old Dhaka.

After he was released on bail, he joined the gang of notorious inter-district robbers and criminals led by Dakat Shahid of the old part of the city.

To evade arrest during the RAB drive against criminals, he left the country for India where he used to work as Dakat Shahid's bodyguard.