Biplobi Communist Party

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Biplobi Communist Party (Revolutionary Communist Party) is a left-wing terrorist group in Bangladesh.

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History

Gazi Kamrul founded Biplobi Communist Party in 1998 after breaking away from Purbo Banglar Communist Party. [1] He was detained from his residence, known as White House, by joint forces during Operation Clean Heart on 23 August 2002. [1] Members of the outfit are used by mainstream politicians to intimidate their rivals. [2]

On 20 November 2006, a leader of Biplobi Communist Party was killed in a shootout with Rapid Action Battalion in Jessore District. [3] Sheikh Kamrul Islam of Biplobi Communist Party was detained on 23 September 2007 by Rapid Action Battalion with 14 firearms. [4] Rapid Action Battalion raided a base of Biplobi Communist Party in Kushtia District on 15 December 2007 and detained two. [5]

On 1 January 2008, Amirul Islam alias Rulu of Biplobi Communist Party was killed in a shootout with the police. [6] Bangladesh Police detained 3 of the Biplobi Communist Party on 8 March 2008 from Kushtia. [7] On 29 June 2008, a leader of Biplobi Communist Party was killed in a shootout with Bangladesh Police officers. [8] On 20 August 2008, three insurgents of Biplobi Communist Party were detained from Jhenaidah District. [9] A leader of Biplobi Communist Party was assassinated in April 2009 by Purbo Banglar Communist Party. [10] Biplobi Communist Party was one of thirteen outlaw groups active on Khulna Division on 11 April 2009. [11] On 28 March 2009, three leaders of Biplobi Communist Party were sentenced to life imprisonment in Tangail for killing a medicine trader in 2002. [12] In October 2009, an activist of Biplobi Communist Party, Abu Sayeed Sarkar alias Ranga Sayeed, was killed in a shootout in Khulna. [13]

In February 2010, Biplobi Communist Party shot and killed a leader of Purbo Banglar Communist Party in Chuadanga District. [14] Mozam Sardar of Biplobi Communist Party was killed on 23 September 2010 Jhenaidah District in a shootout with Bangladesh Police and Rapid Action Battalion. [15]

Rapid Action Battalion detained four members of Biplobi Communist Party with guns and bombs from Meherpur District on 5 February 2011. [16] Rapid Action Battalion killed two members of the party in a shootout on 6 October 2011. [17]

Shailendra Nath Biswas of Biplobi Communist Party was killed in a shootout with rivals in West Bengal, India on 31 January 2012. [18]

On 2 January 2014, police detained a member of Biplobi Communist Party. [19] Siraj Akonji of Biplobi Communist Party was killed a gunfight with a fraction of the party on 16 July 2014. [20]

On 4 September 2015, two activists of Biplobi Communist Party, who were suspected of being involved in the killing of the officer-in-charge of Pangsha Police Station Mizanur Rahman, were killed in a shootout with Bangladesh Police. [21] officer-in-charge of Pangsha Police Station Abu Shama Iqbal Hayat was injured in the shootout. [21]

On 19 December 2020, a leader of Biplobi Communist Party was shot dead in Khulna District. [22]

Fractions

New Biplobi Communist Party

Dipankar Sarker of the New Biplobi Communist Party was killed in a gunfight with Bangladesh Police on 27 January 2006 in Khulna District. [23]

Bikash Kumar Bose of the New Biplobi Communist Party was killed in a shootout with police in Kushtia District on 14 February 2009. [24]

Both parties were active in Jhenaidah District in 2008. [25] Imran Kabir, second in command of New Biplobi Communist Party, filed a petition for withdrawal of criminal cases against him with the Deputy Commissioner on 3 May 2009. [26] Chief of the New Biplobi Communist Party, Akdil Hossain, was killed in a shootout with Bangladesh Police on 1 February 2010. [27] Pratap Biswas and Shailen Biswas commanders of New Biplobi Communist Party were detained from Bagerhat District on 5 January 2010. [28] Abdul Aziz, and Dipu Kumar Biswas of New Biplobi Communist Party were killed in a shootout with a different fraction of the party on 4 August 2010. [29]

Shailendra Nath Biswas Shailan of New Biplobi Communist Party was killed in a shootout with Rapid Action Battalion on 4 November 2012 in Khulna. [30] The death body of Akram Ali alias Bhadu Dakat of New Biplobi Communist Party in Khustia on 21 December 2014 with bullet wounds. [31]

About 700 left-wing insurgents from New Biplobi Communist Party, Purbo Banglar Communist Party, and Purbo Banglar Sorbohara Party surrendered to Bangladesh Police in Pabna District on 2 April 2019. [32]

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