Agartala, Sep 18 (TIWN): A most wanted criminal of Bangladesh was staying at Sonamura fooling the state intelligence agency. Sonamura is assembly constituency sub division of Chief Minister Manik Sarkar who is also home minister and Sports Minister Sahid Choudhury.

The body of the criminal identified as - Amit Mandal (43) alias Mohammad Masood Parvez was found dead under mysterious circumstances in a rented house at Tamsabari, Sonamura September 15  morning. Mandal, a resident of Dhaka, Bangladesh, had been residing at Tamsabari for past 8 years.

If a foreign country  most wanted criminal can take shelther at the sub division of Sarkar and Choudhury, one can imagine how strong is the intellengence branch. Earlier it came to light that influential persons of the stat had nexsus with most wanted criminals of Bangladesh. Some are running terror network in the state disguised as intellectual and businessmen. All kinds of smuggling and illegal activities are carried across the border supported by self stled intellectual and businessmen.   

It may be recalled that  Chowdhury had been appointed as Minister for Food, Civil Supply, Youth Affairs and Minority Welfare after the Left Front had returned to power in March 2008. But within a month his alleged link with Mamun Miah, a resident of Bangladesh, had been arrested by a team of officers from West Bengal CID for his involvement in a gun-running case in Hawrah area near Calcutta.

Mamun had been living as a tenant with the fake name of Suman Mazumder in a rented house in Ramnagar area in the heart of Agartala.

Mamun Mia finally returned to Calcutta in connection with cases against him and in the trial court he was sentenced to ten years rigorous imprisonment with Shahid Chowdhury acting as a witness. Chowdhury had resigned on ‘moral ground’ and there was no registered complaint against him.

After Mamun Mia had lost his appeal against the trial court’s judgement in Agartala bench of Guwahati high court the decision to induct him was finalised by the CPI (M) leadership.