Staff Correspondent:Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader today blamed religious radicals for the murder of Gaibandha lawmaker andmemberof parliament Manzurul Islam Liton.
�The murder was preplanned. They will have to pay heavily for this,� he said at a press briefing after an urgent meeting of Awami League leaders this afternoon.
�In the primary stages it appears to be a killing in cold-blood to instigate communalism,� Obaidul Quader said while offering condolences to the bereaved family of the lawmaker.
Manzurul Islam Liton, ruling Awami League lawmaker of Gaibandha-1 constituency, was shot dead in his home at Sundarganj upazila of the district yesterday evening.
Four men stormed the MP's home in Bamondanga area around 6:00pm and shot him when he was in his guest room. Thus far, no one has been arrested for the killing.