Jalaluddin Talukder

One month into the gruesome murder of former lawmaker Jalaluddin Talukder, police are yet to find out any clue to the incident.
Talukder, also a valiant freedom fighter, was shot dead at the bedroom of his residence in Durgapur upazila of Netrakona district on September 25.
He was elected lawmaker first at the age of 28 in 1979 from Netrakona-1 constituency with Awami League (AL) ticket. Then he lost his two legs after being critically wounded in a grenade explosion. Despite the physical challenge, Talukder was elected lawmaker in 1986 and again in 1996 from the constituency with AL tickets.
Local people of all walks of life took part in different programmes including human chains, processions and rallies demanding exemplary punishment of the killers of Jalaluddin Talukder, known as a dedicated and honest political leader in bordering Durgapur and Kalmakanda upazilas of Netrakona district.
In connection with the killing, Jalaluddin Talukder's only son Kutubuddin Talukder Ruel filed a case with Durgapur police station against his stepmother Aiysha Kanam (Talukder's second wife) and her ex-husband's son Masud and some other unknown people.
But police could not find out any clue to the murder even after arresting Aiysha Kanam and Masud and bringing them under police remand for nine days.
The plaintiff of the murder case as well as several locals has urged the government to interrogate Aiysha and Masud in a join interrogation cell to unearth the motive behind the killing.
Jalaluddin Talukder filed a general diary (GD) with Durgapur police station on November 29 in 2010, complaining that local lawmaker Mustak Ahmed Ruhi threatened to kill him over a cell phone.
Talukder filed another GD with the same police station on September 15 this year, saying that criminals may kill him.
Besides, his son Kutubuddin Talukder Ruel filed a GD with Mohammadpur police station in Dhaka on June 17, 2009, alleging that Mustak Ahmed Ruhi MP threatened to kill him.
"A politically motivated vested quarter killed Talukder as part of a deep-rooted conspiracy," said freedom fighter Jamaluddin Rabbani, assistant commander of Durgapur unit of Muktijoddha Sangsad.
When contacted, Netrakona Superintendent of Police Joydeb Kumar Bhadra said, "Police has continued efforts to find out the cause of Jalaluddin Talukder's death. His licensed revolver has been sent to Dhaka for forensic ballistic test."