Habiganj municipality mayor Golam Kibria Gaus, accused in former finance minister and Awami League leader SAMS Kibria murder case, has been suspended again.

The authorities concerned issued a letter in this regard signed by AKM Anisuzzaman, secretary of the local government division.

Mayor GK Gaus was suspended again because of his links with the murder of Kibria, said Dilip Das, panel mayor of the municipality, yesterday.

Dilip Das, also councillor, has to perform his duty as acting mayor during the time, said municipality secretary Noor-e-Alam Siddique.

Former finance minister and Awami League leader SAMS Kibria and five others were killed in a grenade attack in Habiganj Sadar upazila on January 27, 2005.

GK Gaus is currently in prison.

Earlier on March 6 last year, he was suspended as an accused in Kibria murder case.

On December 30 of the same year, Gaus was elected mayor of Habiganj municipality from jail.

On December 28, 2014, a Habiganj court sent Gaus to jail rejecting his bail prayer after he surrendered before it seeking bail.