The New Nation - Internet Edition

Staff Reporter

Detective Branch (DB) of Police arrested another suspected killer of industrialist Abdus Salam Babu from the city's Jatrabari area Saturday afternoon.

He was identified as Ramjan.

With the latest arrest, the detective police managed to arrest all the suspects of a five-member gang who allegedly gunned down Babu, a director of Yolk Garments Ltd and partner of Yolk Group.

The attack was made at Bijoy Nagar crossing on September 15 while Babu was going to his office at Purana Paltan by a car. Earlier, the detectives had arrested Minto, Sakhawat Hossain alias Saka, Jewel, and the gang's suspected ringleader Shamim alias Pichhi Shahim in separate raids in the city.

The DB police claimed that during remand Pichhi Shamim admitted that he along with his four accomplices killed Babu over garment waste (jhut) business. He mentioned the name of Ramjan as one of his accomplices and said the revolver that was used in the killing was with Ramjan.

Obama under threat: Castro

Former Cuban president Fidel Castro has claimed it is a "pure miracle" that US presidential candidate Barack Obama has not been assassinated.

Mr Castro also accused American society of being marked by "profound racism", as he revealed his thoughts on the race for the White House ahead of the election on November 4.

He wrote: "Millions of whites cannot reconcile in their minds with the idea that a black man with his wife and children would move into the White House, which is called just like that - White".

He added that it was a "pure miracle" the Illinois senator, who became the first black politician to win the Democratic Party's presidential nomination, has not been the target of an assassination attempt.

The ailing Cuban communist leader described Mr Obama as a politician who "has the habit of looking at his opponent with serenity and laughing at his rhetorical attacks."

Mr Castro, who handed power to his brother Raul earlier this year, made his remarks in a commentary that appeared on the website Cubadebate.