New JMB’s Jahangir confesses to killing ex-JMB man

Gulshan attack mastermind Jahangir Alam has admitted that he was involved in the murder of former JMB member Mazedul Islam alias Fazle Rabbi in 2015. Arrested from Tangail on January 13, Jahangir alias Rajib alias Gandhi alias Shubhash alias Shanto alias Tiger alias Adil alias Jahid was remanded for seven days in the case on March 20. He gave confessional statement before the court of Gaibandha Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Joynal Abedin Monday evening, CID Inspector Saidul Alam said. The same court granted the police five more days to interrogate him in the murder of physician Mahbub Rahman Dipty. Fazle Rabbi was stopped by four unidentified criminals on his way back home at Shaghata from Jumarbari Bazar in the night of July 19, 2015. One of them shot him in the head from point-blank range. He succumbed to injuries at a hospital after several hours. Police said that Fazle Rabbi had been killed for attempting to leave the outfit.