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‘Killer Abbas’ freed

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Once a top terror of Dhaka’s underworld Abbas Ali, also known as “Killer Abbas”, was released from Kashimpur Central Jail-2 yesterday.

Senior Jail Superintendent (Acting) Amirul Islam confirmed it to The Daily Star today.

He said Abbas’s relatives met him at the main gate around 10:30pm.

He was in the high security cell of Kashimpur Jail in Gazipur since 2003.

Abbas was arrested on February 14, 2003 in a case filed for shooting two businessmen in front of the Dhaka District and Sessions Judge’s Court building in broad daylight.

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