DHAKA, Bangladesh – The Rapid Action Battalion detailed at a press conference on Saturday how the criminal underworld and politics interacted in the murder of Jahidul Islam Tipu, a former general secretary of the ruling party’s Motijheel unit.
Rival Awami League leaders engaged the services of underworld criminals to assassinate Tipu. Sumon Shikder, alias Musa, a suspect in another murder case, helped the killer