Purba Banglar Communist Party (PBCP)

Formation

The Purba Banglar Communist Party (PBCP) is among the many Maoist splinter organizations in Bangladesh. It was founded in the year 1968 following a split in the Bangladesh Communist Party (BCP). It has been outlawed since the time of the military regime of Zia-ur-Rehman. There has been a spurt in the activities of the PBCP since the beginning of the year 2002, in a reversal of trend.

Leadership

Mofakkar Chowdhury is the chief of the PBCP.

Objectives and Ideology

The PBCP has a revolutionary agenda of capturing state power through armed struggle. Its draws inspiration from the Chinese revolution.

In the opinion of the PBCP, oppression by the people of the then West Pakistani was the principal reason that lead to the liberation war in the territories of the then East Pakistan following which Bangladesh was formed. The PBCP is staunchly nationalist and perceives that India is a hegemon in the sub-continent, which it says is the ‘principle contraction’ facing Bangladesh. The PBCP is strongly opposed to the presence of feudal elements in Bangladesh. Ideologically, it closer to the Marxist-Leninist groups of India and wishes to launch a joint movement along with progressive parties in India, particularly the Naxalites of West Bengal. The PBCP entertains the hope that China would, at some time in the future, provide significant assistance in realising its goals.

Areas of activity

The PBCP has pockets of influence in south-west Bangladesh, bordering the Indian State of West Bengal. Its presence can be noticed in districts such as Khulna, Satkhira, Bagerhat, Magura, Meherpur, Narail, Kushtia, Jessore, Jhenidah, Chuadanga and Pirojpur.

Activities and Financing

PBCP cadres have reportedly been involved in acts of murder, robbery, extortion, land grabbing and abduction for ransom. Bangladesh Home Minister Altaf Hossain Chowdhury said, on April 8, 2002, in Parliament that the PBCP was being encouraged by the Opposition to cause disturbances in some parts of the country. Speaking in the context of all outlawed parties, and that includes the PBCP, the Minister added that "Members of the outlawed parties are involved in rape, murder, dacoity, extortion, and other terrorist activities", as well as in land grabbing.

Reports indicate that the PBCP primarily targets landowners and contractors and extorts money from them. It is believed that PBCP cadres harass businessmen for finances and torture people in remote villages. The outlaws are alleged to be indulging in settling land disputes in rural areas. In the process of adjudicating disputes, PBCP cadres collect money through their strong-arm tactics from both the parties to a dispute. Besides, development activities undertaken by the government are yet another source of ‘income’ for the PBCP. In its pockets of influence, the PBCP levies a ‘tax’ on civil contractors who undertake construction works such as laying roads and bridges and constructing culverts and schools. Reports also hold that there is a certain degree of reluctance among contractors to undertake works owing to the extortion threats of the PBCP. This has impeded development work in south-west Bangladesh.

The spurt in the PBCP’s activities is a result of several hundreds of its surrendered cadres being released by the erstwhile Awami League government a little ahead of the October 1, 2001-general elections. Also, many more cadres, subsequently, secured bail. It is reported that, since the time these cadres gained freedom, there have been vigorous attempts to regroup and perpetrate acts of violence. Reports indicate that the outlaws had met with some degree of success in their efforts. Within the first three months of the year 2002 alone, PBCP cadres had reportedly killed a little less than 100 persons, in 10 districts in south west Bangladesh.

Also, between 1998 and 2002 April, PBCP cadres are believed to have killed 18 political activists belonging to rival groups, reportedly for turf control, as well as to grab prime land. The PBCP also publishes a journal Purba Bangla, meaning East Bengal.

Major Incidents

2008

• May 8: The RAB personnel arrest two PBCP cadres from Durgapur Bazaar in the Rajshahi district in connection with the May 2 attack on the Taherpur Police outpost and the murder of a police man.

• May 7: One PBCP cadre, Bachchu alias Nishan, who was arrested from Haybatpur in the Natore district for his involvement in May 2 attack on the police personnel, is remanded for seven days for further interrogation. His interrogation has led to the recovery of five looted arms from a pond at Naldanga in the Natore district.

• May 6: One PBCP cadre, Bachchu alias Nishan, is arrested from Haybatpur in the Natore district for his involvement in May 2 attack on the police personnel.

  The PBCP asks eight garment owners of Fatullah in the Nawabganj district to pay extortion amount to the outfit. Four owners have already filed complain with the Police and have asked for security. The report says that the owner of Ruposhi Garments and Director of Bangladesh Knitwear Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BKMEA) Mohammad Suhrawardy was asked to pay Taka 400,000 by Abir Hasan, regional commander of the PBCP. Another leader of the outfit Ziaul Haque Zia who too spoke to Mohammad Suhrawardy said that the outfit needs the money to free its jailed cadres. Similarly, Taka 600,000 was demanded from garment owner Abdul Based, Taka 650,000 from the owner of Fiber Tex Garment Sohel Nazrul, and Taka 400,000 from SA Textile mills owner Ripon.

• April 26: Police arrest three injured cadres of the Marxist-Leninist faction of the PBCP following an encounter at Azampur in the Mirpur sub-district of Kushtia district. A shutter gun and 18 bullets are recovered from their possession. They are identified as Sumon and Kaber of Kakiladah village in the Mirpur sub-district and Rana of Houspur village in the Alamdanga sub-district in Chuadanga district.

  Police in Sirajganj arrest Abul Hossain, a PBCP leader from Char Boyra village in Sirajganj Sadar sub-district. Police sources say that Hossain is an accused in a case for looting arms from Randhunibari police outpost and killing a policeman.

• April 7: The Pabna district unit commander of PBCP-Red Flag, identified as Md. Shimul Pramanik, was killed during an encounter with RAB personnel and the outfit's cadres in Salaipur village in Goaishpur union of Pabna district. A point 22 revolver, a pipe gun, a shutter gun and seven bullets were recovered from the site of the encounter. Two RAB personnel were injured in the incident.

• March 16: RAB personnel arrested Mohammed Hares Sarder, a regional leader of the Rad Flag faction of the PBCP, from Joydebpur intersection in the Gazipur district. Following his interrogation, a Chinese revolver, an SBBL gun made in Belgium, two Burmese shutter gun and two locally made shutter guns were recovered from Dhanuaghata village in the Faridpur sub-district of Pabna district.

• March 15: Two PBCP-Janajuddha cadres were arrested from an unspecified village in the Chuadanga district while collecting Taka 20,000 as extortion from a doctor.

• March 13: Police in Sirajganj district arrested a leader of the PBCP from Char Boyra village. The arrested extremist Abul Hossain is an accused in many cases including murder, killing police personnel, attacking the police camp at Randhunibari and looting of arms and ammunition.

• March 10: A PBCP-Red Flag faction regional leader was killed during an encounter with the Rapid Action Battalion personnel at Nandanpur village in the Ataikula sub-district of Pabna district. The killed extremist Md Abdus Samad alias Dhala Samad hailed from Kakilakhali village and was accused in several cases, including four for murder. Eight bombs, two shutter guns and three rounds of bullet were recovered from the encounter site.

• March 4: Daily Star quoting intelligence agencies reports that the left-wing extremist outfits in the country's south-western region are regrouping with a seven-point programme to increase their strength and retaliate against the security forces. In late February 2008, the Marxist-Leninist faction of the PBCP organised a meeting of different outfits in Jhenidah and called for unity of all the groups to launch an "action programme". The programme reportedly includes bomb attack on law enforcers, educational institutions, passenger transport and important places in ten districts of the region, collection of toll from businessmen, distribution of leaflets, recruiting new cadres, removing class enemies and avenging the deaths of their colleagues in fake encounters. According to police sources, the left-wing extremists have killed ten persons and exploded nine bombs during the past one week in the area. They have also extorted a large amount of money from some businessmen in the south-western region.

• February 28: Police arrested a PBCP ‘regional commander’, identified as Abul Kalam Azad alias Kala, with two firearms, 11 rounds of bullet and one cartridge from Saurail village under Pangsha sub-district in the Rajbari district. He was reportedly wanted in five cases.

• February 25: RAB Personnel arrested six 'bomb throwers' of the Marxist Leninist-Janajuddha faction of the PBCP from Jhenidah town and its outskirts . They were identified as Intaj, Kader alias Zakir, Sohag alias Sagar, Liton, Mitu and Motiar, RAB said, adding that they confessed to their involvement.

• February 11: A PBCP-Janajuddha cadre, identified as Mohammed Farman Ali was killed by his rivals within the outfit at Sonakandi village in the Santhia sub-district of Pabna district. The slain extremist was accused in several cases including murder and robbery.

• February 8: A PBCP-ML cadre was killed in a shootout between security forces and PBCP cadres at Bijnagar village in the Kushtia district. The dead was identified as Akbar Ali of Naodapara in Mirpur sub-district. A country-made shutter gun and seven rounds of bullet were recovered from the encounter site . Police said Akbar had been accused in 12 cases on different charges including murder.

• January 27: Police arrested one militant of the PBCP-Janajuddha faction, identified as Ashraf Ali, from Gilatala in Khulna city. He is an accused in an Explosive Substances Act case filed in September 2005 with the Khan Jahan Ali police station.

• January 26: Second-in-command of the Janajudhdha faction of the PBCP, identified as Mohammad Ali, was killed by the RAB personnel during an encounter at Goaishbari village under Ataikula police station in the Pabna district. Firearms, bullets and bombs were recovered from the incident site. The RAB said that Ali was accused in seven cases for murder, extortion and other crimes, lodged with Ataikula, Santhia and Faridpur police stations.

• January 23: A speedy trial tribunal in Rajshahi sentenced ten PBCP cadres to death for killing five people, including four policemen. The accused had killed four policemen and a leaseholder of Chowbaria Hat of Manda sub-district in the Naogaon district on April 16, 2006 while looting firearms and ammunition. The PBCP cadres sentenced to death include regional organising secretary Nurul Islam Shahin, cadres Tahurul Islam, Shafikul Islam, Abu Bakar Siddik, Nurunnabi Hasan, Shafikul Islam-2, Sanjay Kumar Saha, Pintu, Dilip and Tomal. A total 21 PBCP cadres were accused in the charge sheet of the case.

  Security measures in the Khulna city were tightened following a threat issued by the Marxist-Leninist (ML) faction of the PBCP. The outfit mailed a hand-written letter to the Khulna Press Club threatening to carry out bomb and grenade attacks to take revenge for the killing of its operation commander Abdur Rashid alias Tapu who was killed in the Fakirhat sub-district of Bagerhat district in 2005.

• January 20: A former zonal chief of the PBCP, identified as Arif allias Badal, was killed during a shootout with RAB and police personnel at Ramjibanpur village in the Sujanagar sub-district of Pabna district. Arif’s accomplices, however, managed to escape. A single barrel gun, a shutter gun, a light machine gun and two bullets were recovered from the encounter site. RAB sources said that Arif, accused in several cases including nine for murder, had recently formed a new faction 'Maobadi Sangha Bangladesh'.

  Two PBCP cadres, identified as Abbas Ali and Amirul Islam Khokon, were arrested during separate raids in the Meherpur sub-district and two arms and three bombs were recovered from them.

  A judicial magistrate court in Chuadanga sent arrested journalist Rafiq Rahman, working for a Dhaka based vernacular daily Bhorer Kagoj, to jail. He had earlier been arrested on January 19 on the basis of a statement by Akram Hossain, an extremist belonging to the PBCP- ML. He has been accused of printing posters of the outfit in his printing press.

2007

• Decmber 20: A regional leader of the Janajuddha faction of the PBCP, identified as Mohammed Sahai, was killed during an encounter with the RAB personnel at Purba Banagram village under Ataikula sub-district in the Pabna district. Three RAB personnel and one sub-inspector of police were injured during the encounter. One rifle, three shutter guns, four hand bombs, six rifle bullets and 27 revolver bullets were recovered from the encounter site.

• December 3: Intelligence and local sources said that 1000 cadres belonging to the PBCP, including their regional leader Abdus Samad Khan alias Samad, have taken shelter in the shoal areas of Shivalaya and Daulatpur sub-districts in the Manikganj district, Goalunda sub-district in the Rajbari district and Bera sub-district in the Pabna district.

• December 1: 104 cadres of the PBCP surrendered to the police at the remote Katagari Hat in Deshigram village in Tarash sub-district of Sirajganj district. Police sources said that the greater Chalon Beel area in the district had turned into a safe haven for the PBCP cadres who committed various crimes including murder, robbery and abduction.

• November 23: The RAB personnel killed a PBCP leader of the Aziz faction, identified as Sayeed Matabbor alias Rogkata Sayeed at Shirkhara Bazaar in the Madaripur district. Sayeed Matabbor was second-in-command of the faction and was also accused of murdering two police officials in 2004. One shutter gun, three hand-made bombs and a number of sharp weapons were recovered from the incident site.

• November 20: A PBCP regional leader was killed during an encounter with the RAB personnel at Talgharia village in the Rajshahi district. The extremist was identified as Shamim alias Biplab of Birkutsa. A .22 bore revolver, one pipe gun, a light gun, a bullet, a gun cartridge, an empty cartridge, two spears, three machetes and a knife were recovered from the encounter site.

• October 21: Two PBCP- Lal Pataka cadres were killed by their rivals in the outfit at Malihad village in the Mirpur sub-district of Kushtia district on October 21. The slain extremists were identified as Akther Hossain Mondol, a regional commander of the outfit, and Babu, an armed cadre. Police sources said that the assailants picked up both Akther and Babu from their houses on the pretext of a party meeting and killed them at Padmabeel field at Malihad village. Later, a PBCP cadre identifying himself as Siddique Ali alias Tiger called up the security forces and journalists to claim responsibility for the killing.

  Another cadre of the PBCP-Lal Pataka faction, identified as Zabed Ali, sustained bullet injuries in a shootout between extremists and Rapid Action Battalion personnel at Taltala Bazaar in the Bagmara sub-district of Rajshahi.

• October 20: The RAB personnel killed a PBCP- Lal Pataka cadre, identified as Abdus Salam, during an encounter at Madhugram in the Pabna district. RAB personnel also recovered two firearms, three rounds of bullet and a sharp weapon from the incident site. Salam was accused in a number of cases, including 16 for murder, said sources.

• October 17: RAB personnel recovered two improvised bombs in Tangail town and another two from different places in Meherpur. RAB personnel arrested 16 persons in Meherpur including six PBCP- Lal Pataka cadres. One of the arrested PBCP cadres was identified as Masud Rana Sumon of Haldarpara whom the RAB described as a ‘notorious criminal of the region’.

• September 30: Six PBCP cadres were arrested from a boat on Dheleswari river by a joint police team from Gheor and Daulatpur police station in the Manikganj district. The extremists were returning after piracy on the Jamuna river. Police also recovered some firearms from their possession.

• September 29: Chuadanga police arrested four cadres of the PBCP-Communist War from different areas of the Alamdanga sub-district. They were identified as regional leader Abzal Hossain of Bhangbaria village, cadres Hasibul of Kalidaspur, Mizanur Rahman of Nawdapara and Zahid Hossain of Alamdanga.

• September 16: Three PBCP cadres were killed and five others injured in a shootout with police at Charavanga on the Jamuna river in the Manikganj district. Two policemen were also injured in the encounter. Some firearms were recovered in the operation. The shootout took place as police raided a PBCP hideout when about 17 extremists were preparing for dacoity.

• September 10: Two PBCP- Janajuddha extremists, identified as district commander’ Abdul Matin and Mohammed Abdul Ohab, were killed in an encounter between the extremists and RAB personnel at Ataikula in the Pabna district. Three pipe guns, three revolvers, two light guns and 122 bullets were recovered from the encounter site.

  Two PBCP-Janajuddha cadres, Mithay and Akkas of Katchubaria village in the Mirpur sub-district of Kushtia district, surrendered to the police.

• September 3-4: During separate raids in the Meherpur and Rajbari districts, police personnel arrested eight left-wing extremists. While four New Biplobi Communist Party cadres were arrested from Rajbari, the others, including a cadre of the PBCP - Lal Pataka faction, were arrested in Meherpur.

• August 25: A PBCP- Lal Pataka regional leader was killed in an encounter with police personnel in the Mirpur sub-district of Kushtia district. He was identified as Anisur Rahman Anis of Gorapara village, who was accused in 12 cases on different charges, including murder.

• August 24: PBCP- Janajuddha extremists pasted posters at different places of Shailkupa sub-district in the Jhenidah district, threatening to kill five journalists. The journalists threatened with death were identified as Bimal Kumar Saha, Akmal Hossain, Abdur Rahman Milton, Sohag Kumar Biswas, and Zahidul Islam Mohon.

• August 7: RAB personnel recovered eight firearms, six bombs and ammunition from a mango orchard at Goashpur-Dhopaghata village in the Pabna district. The cache belonged to the Lal Pataka faction of the PBCP.

• July 18: A court in Satkhira sentenced Ashoka Kumar Saha alias Palash, a regional leader of the PBCP, to 14-year rigorous imprisonment on charges of keeping illegal arms.

• July 11: Zinnat Ali, former PBCP chief of the outfit’s Jessore unit, was killed in an encounter with the police at Andulbaria village in the Jhenidah district. He was earlier arrested on July 10 from Makimpur village under Harinakundu sub-district. A pistol and one shotgun were recovered from the incident site.

• July 9: During operations in separate villages of Bagmara sub-district in the Rajshahi district, police arrested a JMB militant and four left-wing extremists, including a PBCP regional commander. The JMB militant was identified as Shamser Ali, who is also an accused in a police assault case. The arrested PBCP regional commander Ariful Islam Rony is a charge-sheeted accused in a murder case. The extremists were identified as Hazrat of Taherpur, Rashid Babu of Cheukhali and Islam of Polashi village.

• June 22: RAB personnel arrested five PBCP cadres from Jamtoli Bazaar in the Raiganj sub-district of Sirajganj district, while the extremists were holding a secret meeting.

• June 15: PBCP ‘operations commander’ of the Naogaon zone, Dulal alias Kalam of Sadupur village, was killed in during a shootout between RAB personnel and his accomplices at Parkasunda of Atrai sub-district in the Naogaon district.

• June 10: A farmer, Anis, was killed by PBCP cadres at Boroichora village in the Tarash sub-district of Sirajganj district following his refusal to give them paddy as toll.

  Two PBCP-Janajuddha regional leaders were killed in an encounter with the RAB personnel in the Pabna district. They were identified as Salam alias Mamun of Shardiar village and Manir alias Moniruddin of the Ataikula sub-district. RAB sources said that Mamun was the second-in-command of the PBCP's Arif-Badal faction.

• June 9: Two PBCP-Janajuddha cadres were killed at Azampur village in the Mirpur sub-district of Kushtia district. The slain extremists, identified as Miraz Uddin and Abdul Quddus of Shrirampur village, were shot dead by the rival Gono Mukti Fouz cadres, after being picked up from a shop at gunpoint.

• June 7: A PBCP regional leader was beaten to death in the Sadar sub-district of Tangail district. The extremist, Mohammad Sona Miah of Kashinagar village, was an accused in 13 criminal cases, including eight for murder.

• June 3: Security forces neutralized a hideout of the PBCP and killed an extremist, identified as Munna alias Robber Mona, in Dhalar Char on the Jamuna river in the Pabna district. The security forces also arrested 19 suspected criminals and recovered 13 firearms following the operation in which nearly 400 security force personnel took part. The 13 recovered firearms include one rifle, a .22 automatic gun, four foreign made revolvers, seven shutter guns and 66 bullets.

• June 1: Police personnel arrested two PBCP cadres, identified as Saidur and Quddus, from Taherpur and Palashi villages in the Bagmara sub district of Rajshahi district.

• May 29: Biddyut alias Dilip, a ‘regional commander’ of the PBCP-Janajuddha faction, was killed in an encounter with the police at Mahajanpur in the Meherpur district.

• May 22: Two regional leaders of the Lal Pataka faction of the PBCP were killed in an encounter with a joint team of police and RAB Personnel at Harinarayanpur village in the Pabna Sadar sub-district. The extremists, identified as Bishu Pramanik of village Ranigram in Ataikula sub-district and Jamal Uddin of village Jalalpur in Pabna Sadar sub-district, were holding a secret meeting when the raid occurred.

• May 16: Idris Ali, a cadre of the PBCB, was arrested by the police from the Raropara village under Bagmara sub-district of Rajshahi district.

• May 12: Police arrested Abul Kalam Azad, an extremist belonging to the Lal Pataka faction of the PBCB, at Ramrama village in the Bagmara sub-district of Rajshahi district.

• May 7: A PBCP- Janajuddha regional leader was killed in an encounter with the RAB personnel in the Ataikula sub-district of Pabna district.

  Police arrested six PBCP extremists from the Bagmara sub-district of Rajshahi district. The arrested include Asir Uddin, a regional commander of the outfit from Khalispara in Jhikra union, Abdur Rashid, a PBCP publicity wing commander, Aynal and Bani Sar who were the outfit’s killing squad members and Layeb who used to distribute leaflets claiming responsibility of murders or other operations of the outfit.

• April 30: RAB personnel arrested a front ranking leader of the Lal Pataka faction of the PBCP, Kafil Mostafa, from from Mirpur Section-1 in the capital Dhaka. Police sources said that Kafil, a resident of Char Balarampur village in the Pabna district, is a central leader of the PBCP and a contemporary of Kamrul Islam Master, founder of the outfit.

• April 24: Six PBCP cadres were arrested from the Bagmara sub-district of Rajshahi district. While Siraj and Malek were arrested from Konopara village, Saiful, Razzak and Kachu Shah were arrested from the Aloknagar village. Saiful is an accused in the case relating to the murder of Bangladesh Nationalist Party leader Prof. Wahed.

• April 23: Police arrested two PBCP extremists, identified as Sayer Ali Khan of Baroihati and Mansur of Bajekola village, from their respective villages under the Bagmara sub-district of Rajshahi district.

• April 17: Four PBCP cadres were arrested from the Bagmara sub-district of Rajshahi district. They were identified as Abdul Kuddus, Jalal and Kefayetullah of Sajuria village and Muhammad Shahin of Ramrama village.

• April 10: In the Bagmara sub-district, two PBCP cadres, Mamun from Taherpur Basia and Khwaza Moyen from Maria village, were arrested. With these arrests, a total of 23 JMB militants and 51 PBCP extremists have been arrested since mid-January 2007 in the district.

• April 8: Police arrested JMB militant, Abdur Rashid, from Hamirkutsa village under Bangmara sub-district of Rajshahi district.

  A PBCP cadre, Abed Ali, was arrested from Mirzapur village under Bangmara sub-district of Rajshahi district.

• April 5: Police arrested four PBCP cadres, including its regional leader Ranajit Kumar Mondol, from Baroipara village in the Bagmara sub-district of Rajshahi district.

• March 19: Police arrested five 'listed' PBCP cadres from Bagmara sub-district in the Rajshahi district. Extremists identified as, Rahim Uddin, Amjad Hossain, , Rafikul Islam, Joban Ali, and Mahbubur Rahman, were reportedly accused in cases, including murder and extortion.

• March 14: Two PBCP- Lal Pataka cadres were injured in a blast while making bombs at Meghna village of Bheramara sub-district of Kushtia.

  A court in Rajshahi sentenced two PBCP cadres, Kamruzzaman Mithu and Akkas Ali, to life imprisonment for killing Muhammad Golam Mostafa, deputy registrar of Rajshahi University on June 4, 2004. Five absconding accused Abdur Rashid alias Dada Tapan, Waheduzzaman alias Bikash, Bazlur Rahman, Abul Kalam Azad and Kalu Mia were acquitted by the Additional District and Sessions Judge ASSM Zahirul Haq.

• March 9: Joint forces arrested two PBCP cadres in Tarash sub-district of Sirajganj district. The arrested have been identified as Tasir Uddin, and Delowar Hossain of Paikora village.

• March 7: Daily Star reports that PBCP-Janajuddha cadres have been threatening journalist Kanak Rahman, a staff correspondent of the daily Shamokal for writing reports against its activities in the Khulna city. The journalist has reportedly received several calls since February 28 from an armed PBCP cadre who threatened him of dire consequences.

• March 4: Police arrested six PBCP cadres from Bagmara sub-district of Rajshahi on March 4.

• February 26: A suspected PBCP cadre, Shajahan Ali, is killed by his rivals at Jagannathpur village in Chatmohor sub-district of Pabna. Police sources said that the killed extremist was abducted from his house and was shot dead.

• February 13: A leader of PBCP-Lal Pataka, Abdur Gafur alias Jamai Gafur, is killed in an encounter with the RAB personnel in the Ataikhola sub-district of Pabna district.

• February 10: Two civilians are killed by left-wing extremists in the Bholadanga village of Gangni sub-district in the Meherpur district. Notun Lal Juddho, a new faction of the PBCP claimed responsibility for the killing.

• February 10: A PBCP leader belonging to the outfit’s Haque faction, identified as Harun-or-Rashid, is killed in 'crossfire' between the RAB personnel and PBCP operatives in Jhenidah.

• February 6: Two PBCP-Janajuddha extremists surrender to RAB personnel in the Kushtia district along with arms and ammunition.

• February 4: Shahzadpur police arrest a PBCP 'regional leader' and recover a shutter gun from his possession at Saila Chapri village in the Sirajganj district.

• January 24: A PBCP-Janajuddha cadre, Jan-e-Alam Jana, is killed in an encounter with the RAB personnel at Narayanpur Hatathpara in the Jhenidah district.

• January 24: A PBCP-Janajuddha leader, Ikrul Islam, is killed in crossfire between police and PBCP cadres at Kachubaria under Mirpur sub-district of the Kushtia district.

• January 17: GMF extremists kill a PBCP-Janajuddha cadre, identified as Saidul Islam of Aria village, in the Kushtia district.

• January 15: Two PBCP-Janajuddha cadres are killed in an encounter with the RAB personnel inside a primary school compound under Ataikula police station in the Pabna district.

• January 13: The Red Flag faction of the PBCP kill two of their colleagues at Ataikula sub-district in the Pabna district.

• January 6: Activists of the PBCP-Janajuddha faction kill two persons, a Bangladesh Nationalist Party activist Afaz Uddin and a Jamaat-e-Islami member Abu Daud, at Sadipur village under Daulatpur sub-district in the Kushtia district.

• January 5: Two cadres of the Gano Mukti Fouz (GMF), identified as brothers Moinul Hossain and Masud Hossain, and two Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) informants, identified as Saheb Ali and Hasem Ali, are killed by the New Red War group of the Marxist-Leninist faction of the PBCP in the Kushtia district.

2006

• December 25: A ‘commander’ of the Red Flag faction of the PBCP, identified as Selim Babu, is killed in a 'shootout' with police personnel at Sukurkandi village under Gangni sub-district in the Meherpur district.

• December 22: A regional leader of the Janajuddha faction of the PBCP, identified as Sabur alias Shahabuddin, and his accomplice Titumir alias Raju, are killed in an encounter with RAB personnel at Chatkabaria village under Harinakunda sub-district in the Jhenidah district.

• A PBCP leader, Nazrul Islam alias Tufan, is killed in an encounter with RAB personnel at Shibpur village under Ataikula sub district in the Pabna district.

  A PBCP regional leader, Razzak Mondol, dies at Sirajganj General Hospital. He was arrested from his residence at Shuborno Shara village under Belkuchi sub-district and was later interrogated. Following his interrogation, Razzak was handed over to Belkuchi police who rushed him to the hospital where he died.

• December 20: A regional leader of the Lal Pataka faction of PBCP, identified as Amzad Hossain, is killed in an encounter with the Rapid Action Battalion personnel at Debipur village under Gangni sub district in the Meherpur district.

  A bomb expert linked to PBCP, identified as Mansur, is killed when two bombs he was making along with accomplices explodes at a bush in the Bamanagar village under Alamdanga subdistrict of Chuadanga district.

• December 1 Two PBCP-Janajuddha cadres were killed by their rivals at Nandanpur village under Ataikula sub-district of Pabna district.

• November 30: PBCP extremists belonging to the outfit's Janajuddha faction killed a district Jubo Dal (youth wing of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party) leader, identified as Haider Ali Hadu, in Jhenidah.

• November 28: Four cadres of the PBCP, including a regional leader of the outfit's Lal Pataka faction, were killed in an encounter with the Rapid Action Battalion personnel in two separate incidents at Ataikula in the Pabna district.

• November 23: Rapid Action Battalion personnel arrested two PBCP-Janajuddha cadres at Noadapara and Choudia villages under Mirpur sub-district of Kushtia district.

• November 22: In Pabna district, a senior PBCP- Lal Pataka extremist, Abdus Samad alias Lorka Samad, was killed in an encounter with the RAB personnel at Sreepur village under Sadar sub-district.
  
  In the Kushtia district, a PBCP extremist, Mezbaur Rahman, was killed in an encounter with police personnel in the housing area of the town.
  
  A regional PBCP leader, Sanowar Hossain, was killed during a shootout at Rajapur village under Belkuchi sub-district of Sirajganj after RAB personnel intercepted a secret meeting of the outfit.

• November 21: A regional leader of PBCP-Janajuddha, Amjad Hossain, was killed by his rivals in a crowded market area at Jalalpur in Sadar sub-district of Pabna. Three of the attackers were killed in a subsequent encounter with RAB personnel at Dhopaghata village under Pabna sadar sub-district.

• November 19: A senior leader of the BCP-Lal Pataka faction and two cadres of the Marxist-Leninist faction of the PBCP were killed in separate encounters with the police in the Jessore and Naogaon districts.

• November 17: Ziaur Rahman Zia, a PBCP-Lal Pataka extremist, was killed by his rivals in the Ataikula sub-district of Pabna district.

• November 16: Two PBCP-Lal Pataka extremists, Nizam Uddin and Afser Ali Shikderwere, were killed by their rivals in the Pabna district.

• November 14: Two extremists belonging to the BCP and the PBCP were killed in two separate encounters in the Kushtia and Jessore districts.

• November 9: Police arrested Omar Ali, a regional leader of the Red Flag faction of the PBCP in Kashinagar village in Sadar sub-district of Tangail.

• November 8: Cadres of the PBCP-Janajuddha killed a BNP activist at Gannabazaar area in the Sadar sub-district of Jhenidah district.

• November 3: Abdur Rahim alias Montu, a local BNP leader, was killed by suspected PBCP-Janajuddha cadres at Fatepur under Harinakunda sub-district in the Jhenidah district.

• November 3: Helal Uddin, a PBCP regional leader, was killed at Jhaoil village in the Kamarkhanda sub-district of Sirajganj district.

• November 3: Abdur Rahim alias Montu, a local BNP leader, was killed by suspected PBCP-Janajuddha cadres at Fatepur under Harinakunda sub-district in the Jhenidah district.

• October 27: Two PBCP- Janajuddha extremists are killed during an encounter with the police at West Duarpara in the Mirpur sub-district of Kushtia district. The dead extremists were identified as Abir Hasan, 'operations commander' and the general secretary of the PBCP, and his associate Taizal.

• October 26: PBCP-Janajuddha 'area commander', Moazzem Hossain alias Masud, is killed during an encounter with the police at Manderbaria under Kotchandpur sub-district in the Jhenidah district.

• October 26: A PBCP militant, Ishaq Ali, is killed in an encounter with the police at Viana village.

• October 22: Mohammed Abdus Samad alias Kalla Samad, a regional leader belonging to the Lal Pataka faction of the PBCP, was abducted and later killed by his colleagues at Tatipara in the Sadar sub-district of Pabna district.

• October 11: PBCP-Janajuddha extremists abducted and subsequently killed three BNP activists in the Mirpur sub-district of Kushtia district.

• October 8: PBCP-Janajuddha extremists kill a Jamaat-e-Islami activist, Abdul Bari, at Kushtia.
  
  Billal Hossain, belonging to the Haroon faction of the PBCP, was killed in an encounter between the RAB personnel and PBCP extremists at Goalbathan in the Khulna district.

• October 8: Two PBCP- Lal Pataka extremists were killed by cadres belonging to the rival Janajuddha faction at Lohagora village under Ataikula police station of Pabna district.

• October 7: PBCP-Janajuddha extremists killed two civilians, identified as Sagar and Altaf, of Parbotipur village of Harinakundu sub-district in the Jhenidah district.

• October 2: Ikhtiar Hossain, second-in-command of the PBCP-Janajuddha in Chuadanga district, was killed in a shootout between the RAB personnel and PBCP cadres at Nilmoniganj village.

• September 27: PBCP-Janajuddha cadres killed Alauddin Hossain Jhantu, a member of the Daulatpur Union Parishad, at Rishkhali market in the Harinakundu sub-district of Jhenidah district.

• September 26: Mishiul Islam Moshi, a PBCP- Janajuddha regional leader, was killed in crossfire during an encounter between the RAB and PBCP cadres at Shubharara in the Abhaynagar sub-district of Jessore district.

• September 25: Bellal Hossain and Moznu Sheikh, two PBCP- Janajuddha leaders, were killed during an encounter between PBCP cadres and RAB members at Chatrahati village under Ataikula police station area in Pabna district.
  
  PBCP-Janajuddha leader, Rahul Raj alias Kabir Hossain alias Dulal, was killed at Sarishabari Sadar sub-district in Chuadanga.

• September 24: Abid Hasan alias Sohel Gazi, a ‘divisional operations commander’ of the PBCP-Janajuddha was killed in crossfire between the police and PBCP cadres at Bashtali Chanditala area under Rampal sub-district of Bagerhat district.

• September 23: Two PBCP- Lal Pataka regional leaders were killed during an encounter with RAB personnel at Natunpara of Dhulauri union under Santhia sub-district of Khulna.
  
  Suspected PBCP cadres killed Mohammad Ali, a local BNP leader, at Bilpasha village under the Bhangura sub-district of Pabna district.

• September 20: Sahabul Islam, a PBCP extremist, was killed in an encounter between police personnel and PBCP cadres at Sahebnagar under Alamdanga sub-district in the Chuadanga district.

• September 19: Moin Khan, a PBCP- Janajuddha cadre, was killed during a shootout between the police and PBCP cadres at Bihari Colony under Khanjahan Ali Police Station of Khulna city.

• September 16: PBCP extremist, Mohammad Bachchu Sheikh alias Bachchu, was killed in crossfire between the RAB personnel and PBCP cadres at Sripur Shimulchara in the Ataikula sub-district of Pabna district.

• September 15: Suspected PBCP extremists killed a local leader of the youth wing of the BNP, Jubo Dal, in the Santhia sub-district of Pabna district.

• September 11: A PBCP-ML ‘operations commander’ was killed in crossfire between PBCP cadres and RAB personnel at Sonadanga truck terminal in the Khulna city

• September 9: Two PBCP- Janajuddha leaders were killed in crossfire during shootouts between RAB personnel and PBCP cadres in Bagerhat and Pabna.

• September 5: A PBCP regional leader, Sayed Ali Mandal, was killed during a shootout between RAB and PBCP cadres at Harinarayanpur in the Pabna district.

• September 2: Two PBCP- Janajuddha cadres, Mohammad Abul Hossain and Mohammad Shamim, were killed in crossfire between PBCP cadres and the RAB personnel at Tootpara Barhokhalparh area under Khulna Sadar Police Station in the Khulna district.

• August 28: A PBCP cadre, Joban Ali, was killed in an encounter between the PBCP cadres and RAB personnel in the Shingra sub-district of Natore district.

• August 25: Suspected extremists of the Lal Pataka faction of the PBCP killed four police personnel at Chowbaria cattle market in Naogaon and decamped with their arms and ammunition. A Jubo Dal leader too died during the attack.

• August 17: 11 extremists belonging to the Janajuddha faction of the PBCP, including three ‘regional commanders’, were killed and another arrested in an encounter with the police at remote Sharirvita village of Sujanagar sub-district in the Pabna district.

• August 4: A PBCP extremist belonging to the Janajuddha faction was killed in crossfire between the police personnel and PBCP cadres at Sahebnagar in the Chuadanga district.

• July 26: The PBCP-ML Janajuddha faction’s second-in-command of Pabna region, Shajahan Ali alias Shajai, was shot to death, allegedly by party rivals, at Ataikula under Pabna district.

• July 25: An extremist belonging to the Janajuddha faction of the PBCP, Ripon Sarder, was killed in an encounter with the members of Rapid Action Battalion at Alka village under Phultala sub-district in the Khulna district.

• July 22: Extremists belonging to the Janajuddha faction of the PBCP killed two persons including a local Awami League leader in Ataikula sub-district in the Pabna district.

• July 15: An extremist belonging to the Marxist-Leninist faction of the PBCP, identified as Mithu Mollah, was killed in an encounter between PBCP cadres and the police at Ram Majhi of Terokheda sub-district in the Khulna district.

• July 14: Suspected PBCP-Marxist-Leninist cadres killed two Jubo Dal activists at Khalishakundi in Daulatpur sub-district.
  
  Two top leaders of the Lal Pataka faction of the PBCP, identified as chief adviser Kamrul Islam alias Kamrul Master and operations commander Mohammed Abdul Latif alias Jhunu Maker, were killed in a shootout between RAB personnel and PBCP cadres at Tebunia in the Pabna district.

• July 13: Shahidul Islam, a ‘regional commander’ of the Red Flag faction of PBCP was killed in 'crossfire' with RAB personnel at Kaligram of Raninagar sub-district in Naogaon.

• July 8: Armed cadres of the Janajuddha faction of the PBCP killed a Jatiyatabadi Krishak Dal leader at Dudlia village in Tala sub-district.

• July 7: A PBCP leader, Ishaq Khan, of the Janajuddha faction was killed during an encounter between the outfit’s cadres and the RAB members at Chaitrahati in Ataikula sub-district of Pabna district.

• July 6: Amjad Hossain, the Pabna district regional leader of the PBCP-Marxist-Leninist Lal Pataka faction was killed in an encounter between PBCP cadres and the Rapid Action Battalion personnel at Tebaria village in the Pabna district.

• July 2: PBCP cadres of the Janajuddha faction shot dead another PBCP cadre, identified as Yasin Ali in Kotchandpur sub-district of Jhenidah.

• June 29: A PBCP cadre belonging to its Marxist-Leninist faction was killed in an encounter with the police personnel near Alipur bridge under Rupsha sub-district in the Khulna district.

• June 28: A ‘regional commander’ of the PBCP, Marzul islam alias Guddu Dakat, was killed in a encounter with the Rapid Action Battalion personnel at Barabaria village in the Kushtia district.

• June 27: PBCP- Janajuddha shot dead two BNP activists and injured another in separate incidents at Mirpur sub-district in the Kushtia district.

• June 26: A bomb exploded targeting the vehicle of an Awami League party’s leader, Sheikh Akram Hossain, injuring three persons at Shiromoni under Khan Jahan Ali police station in the Khulna city. Subsequently, the Janajuddha faction of the PBCP claimed responsibility for the attack.

• June 21: PBCP cadres belonging to its Communist-War faction kill three cadres of their rival Marxist-Leninist faction, identified as Abul Hossain, Dukhu and Raju, in an internecine clash at Gangni sub-district in the Meherpur district.

• June 16: Two top leaders of the PBCP-ML were killed in an encounter between the members of RAB and PBCP cadres at Singchhara village in Atrai sub-district of Naogaon district.

• June 13: Two PBCP cadres, identified as Belal and Sumon, were killed and another cadre, Aminur, was wounded when bombs in their possession explode at Laxmipur Beel Jhikra under Abhoynagar sub-district in the Jessore district.

• June 12: An PBCP-Janajuddha leader, Mohammad Rafiqul Islam Howlader alias Dakat Rafiq, was killed during a shootout between the RAB personnel and his accomplices in Joykhan area under Mongla sub-district of Bagerhat district.

• June 8: A PBCP- Janajuddha cadre, Ashikur Rahman Rinku, was killed in an encounter between police personnel and the outfit’s cadres in Sonadanga area of Khulna district.

• May 31: Abdul Dayen alias Bolai Mistiri, a PBCP-Red Flag faction extremist, was killed in crossfire between RAB personnel and his accomplices at Terokhada of Sathia sub-district in Pabna.

• May 30: Saidur Rahman Sila, Meherpur ‘district commander’ of the PBCP-Janajuddha faction, was killed in an encounter between the police personnel and PBCP cadres at his home in Tungi Gopalpur near Mujibnagar in Meherpur district on. According to the police, Saidur was arrested from Mujibnagar sub-district a day earlier.

• May 25: Abdur Rahim alias Bhagya alias Kiron, a PBCP regional commander, is killed in an encounter between the outfit's cadres and RAB members at Ratowal village in the Raninagar sub-district of Naogaon district.

• May 20: PBCP- Red Flag cadres killed a JMB leader, identified as Arif, at Banshbaria in the Naogaon district.

• May 13: Jhenidah district police recovered bomb-making materials and books of the PBCP-Janajuddha outfit from a Government rehabilitation project area and arrested two suspected cadres of the outfit.

• May 9: A PBCP- Janajuddha regional leader, Rafiqul Islam Baby, was killed in an encounter between RAB members and his accomplices at Madhya-danga in Daulatpur of Khulna city.

• May 5: Four persons are injured in a bomb blast triggered by suspected PBCP cadres at Gobra Bazaar under the Sadar sub-district of Narail district.

• May 1: Jamal Hossain alias Zia alias Ranju, a PBCP extremist, was killed in a gunfight between RAB personnel and PBCP cadres in Pabna.

• April 28: Kabil Uddin, a regional leader of the PBCP-Janajuddha faction, was killed by the SFs at Mirpur in the Kushtia district.

• April 27: A PBCP- Communist War regional leader was killed during a shootout between the RAB personnel and his accomplices at Alamdanga sub-district in the Chuadanga district.

• April 19: A top PBCP- Janajuddha cadre, identified as Johirul Islam alias Tipu, was killed during an encounter between RAB personnel and his accomplices at Chandmair in the Gangni sub-district of Meherpur district.

• April 18: A PBCP- Janajuddha extremist, Azizul Haque alias Killer Aziz, was killed during a shootout between police personnel and PBCP cadres at Bora village in the Sadar sub-district of Jhenidah district.

• April 17: PBCP regional leader, Iku Mina, was killed in an encounter between his accomplices and RAB personnel at Hari Khali under Tero Kheda sub-district in the Khulna district.

• April 12: Mohammed Shahidul Islam alias Hath Kata Shaheed alias Keherman, PBCP-ML 'regional leader', was killed during a shootout between RAB personnel and his accomplices at Digholia sub-district in the Khulna district.

• April 12: Two persons are killed and four others injured when suspected PBCP- Janajuddha cadres lob bombs into a small gathering at Paka village in the Chuadanga district.

• April 7: Suspected PBCP-Janajuddha extremists exploded four bombs in front of four houses at Daulatdia village in the Sadar sub-district of Chuadanga district on April 7.

• April 2: Nilu Molla, a PBCP ‘regional leader’, is killed in an encounter between RAB members and his accomplices at Bellabaria village under Baliakandi sub-district of Rajbari district.

• April 1: A ‘regional commander’ of the PBCP-Janajuddha, Tapash Mistry, was killed in a shootout between RAB personnel and his accomplices at Daunia village in the Batiaghata sub-district of Khulna district.

• March 31: An armed cadre of the PBCP-Janajuddha, Rezaul Huq alias Kalu, was killed during a shootout between his accomplices and RAB personnel at Jugirhuda under Alamdanga sub-district of Chuadanga district.

• March 29: Anar Uddin alias Manju, a regional leader of the PBCP-ML, was killed during an encounter with the police at Machpara village in the Sadar sub-district of Kushtia district.

• March 22: Suspected PBCP cadres hurled bombs killing a civilian, Asaduzzaman Asad, at Munshiganj Bazaar in the Chuadanga district.

• March 18: Shamsul Islam alias Sumon, a regional leader of the Janajuddha faction of the Purba Banglar Communist Party, was killed during a shootout between his accomplices and police personnel at Chorkole village in the Jhenidah district.

• March 17: Kazi Kamal, an armed cadre of the Janajuddha faction of PBCP, was found dead on Teligati bypass road under Khanjahan Ali Police Station in the Khulna district.

• March 15: Police recovered the body of a PBCP cadre, Daud Khan, from Gilatala under the Khanjahan Ali Police Station.

• March 14: PBCP-Janajuddha cadres killed a civilian, Abdul Majid Khan, at C&B Para in the Chuadanga town.

• March 14: Extremists belonging to the Janajuddha faction of the PBCP killed Nuru Mian, organising secretary of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party unit, in Moheshkahli village of Gangni sub-district in the Meherpur district.

• March 14; Abdul Mannan Shikdar, a regional leader of the PBCP-ML, was killed during an encounter between the police and his accomplices at Bejpara of Gilatala union in the Khulna district.

• March 10: Two suspected PBCP- Janajuddha cadres, Mizanur Rahman Tarafdar and Bellal Hossain, wounded in an explosion at Daulatpur bus stand in the Khulna city, were arrested.

• March 9: PBCP-Janajuddha leader, Nurul Islam alias Nuru alias Rocky, was killed in an encounter between police personnel and cadres of the outfit at Shuti-Durgapur village in the Sadar sub-district of Jhenidah district.

• March 2: A senior cadre of the Janajuddha faction of the PBCP, Nurul Islam alias Nuru alias Rocky, was killed during a shootout between his accomplices and the police at Shuti-Durgapur village in the Jhenidah district.

• March 1: The 'regional commander' of the Janajuddha faction of the PBCP, Ashabur Khan Tipu, was killed during a shootout between his accomplices and the RAB at Gunari village in the Dumuria area of Khulna district.

• February 16: A PBCP- Janajuddha regional leader, Mohammad Akhter Hossain, is killed in crossfire between his accomplices and the RAB personnel at Baoishona village under Naragati Police Station in the Narail district.

• February 14: A PBCP- Janajuddha regional leader, Shahidul Islam, is killed in a shootout between his accomplices and RAB personnel in the Harinakundu sub-district of Jhenidah district.

• February 9: Muhammad Shariam Molla, a PBCP- Janajuddha regional leader, is killed at Talbonia in the Bagerhat district during a shootout between his accomplices and RAB personnel.

• February 5: A Red-flag faction cadre of the PBCP, Hafizur Rahman alias Hafi, was killed by his rivals belonging to the Janajuddha faction in the Khoksa area of Gangni sub-district in the Meherpur district.

• February 5: A JMJB cadre, Omar Ali, was killed by cadres of the Red Flag faction of the PBCP at Baroihati bazaar in the Bagmara area of Rajshahi district.

• January 31: A PBCP- Janajuddha cadre is reported to have demanded Taka 10,000 from Abu Zafar Shikder, manager at the Kajdia branch of Agrani Bank, at Rupsha sub-district in the Khulna district.

• January 24: Two PBCP- Janajuddha cadres, Mofazzel Hossain alias Mofa and Sheikh Golam Mostafa alias Mosto, were killed by the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) personnel at Jabusha village under Rupsha sub-district in the Khulna district.

• January 17: A PBCP- Janajuddha regional leader, Monir Talukder alias Moni, was arrested from Baniashanta and subsequently killed during a shootout between police and the outfit's cadres at Mongla sub-district in the Bagerhat district.

• January 16: A PBCP-Janajuddha faction regional leader, identified as Sonu Mondol, was killed during a shootout between PBCP cadres and police personnel in the Chuadanga district.

• January 7: Sohel, a top leader of the PBCP-ML faction, was killed in an encounter with the police on Tangail-Baghil Road in the Sadar sub-district of Tangail district.

2005

• December 28: Three para-military personnel were killed and several others injured when suspected PBCP cadres attacked their camp at remote Bamihalunder Singra police station in the Natore district. Militants decamped with 11 firearms and 139 rifle bullets from the camp.

• December 22: Communist War faction of the PBCP killed three cadres of rival PBCP-Janajuddha faction in the Meherpur and Chuadanga districts.

• December 5: PBCP cadres killed Abdul Kuddus, one of their rivals, in the Chuadanga district.

• December 2: A PBCP- Janajuddha leader, Sumon alias Sohel alias Sharifuzzaman alias Sumon Ahmed, was killed in an encounter between his accomplices and the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) personnel in the Rupsha sub-district of Khulna district.

• December 1: A top PBCP cadre, Shamsher Ali alias Sama, was killed in 'crossfire' in Chuadanga.

• November 25: Khulna Metropolitan Police recovered dead bodies of two PBCP- Janajuddha cadres, Bulbul Howlader and Ashim Kumar, from Arongghata in Daulatpur and Smashanghat in Sonadanga area.

• November 21: Mohammad Idris Ali Khan alias Arif, a PBCP regional leader, was killed in crossfire between RAB personnel and PBCP cadres at Amdabad in the Rupsha sub-district of Khulna district.

• November 12: PBCP cadres killed a villager, Fazlul Haque Sharif, at Hasnakandi under Rajoir sub-district in the Madaripur district.

• October 31: A PBCP- Janajuddha cadre, Abdul Mazed, was killed during an encounter with the police at Katchubaria village in the Mirpur area of Kushtia district.

• October 26 & 27: PBCP- Janajuddha cadres killed five workers of the ruling Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) in the Kushtia, Chuadanga, Jhenidah and Narail districts in a span of eight hours.

• October 26: A senior PBCP-Janajuddha leader was killed by his colleagues at Koatchandpur sub-district in the Jhenidah district.

• October 26: Afaz Uddin, a farmer of Adabaria village, was killed at his house by the PBCP- Janajuddha cadres in Kushtia district.

• October 24: A PBCP- Janajuddha cadre, Hasanuzzaman Milon Biswas, was killed in an encounter with the police in Khulna city.

• October 22: A PBCP regional leader, Hossain Ali, was killed in an encounter with the police at Sirajganj.

• October 20: A PBCP- Red flag regional commander, Abdus Sattar alias Killer Sattar, was killed in an encounter with the police at Dakkhin Kuchiamora village in the Pabna district.

• October 19: A PBCP cadre, Asadul Islam alias Palash, was killed in an encounter at Jalsuka village in the Sadar sub-district of Chuadanga district.

• October 14: Police personnel shot dead a 'regional leader' of the PBCP, Abdul Halim, at Poylarchar in the Chowhali area of Sirajganj district.

• October 12: The dead body of a PBCP cadre, identified as Tutul, was recovered from a field at Debottarpara village in the Ataikula sub-district of Pabna district.

• October 8: A PBCP- Janajuddha cadre, identified as Mizanur Rahman Mizan, is lynched at Kalpataru Market in Daulatpur.

• September 28: A leader of the PBCP-Janajuddha faction, identified as Shah Alam, was killed in crossfire with the police in Bagerhat.

• September 28: A top PBCP cadre, Azizur Rahman, was killed at Eidgahpara graveyard, following his arrest from Bamundi village under Ganni sub-district in the Meherpur district.

• September 24: Asadul, a 'district commander' of the PBCP-Janajuddha faction, was killed in crossfire between police and the outfit's cadres in the Mirpur sub-district of Kushtia district.

• September 15: Nifaz Uddin, a cadre of PBCP- Lal Pataka faction, was killed in an attack by his colleagues in the Ataikula police station area of Pabna district.

• September 14: A PBCP-ML cadre, identified as Jalil, was killed in an attack by cadres of his own outfit in the Ataikula police station area of Pabna district.

• September 6: A JMJB cadre was shot dead by suspected cadres of the PBCP-Red Flag faction at Tilakpur in the Joypurhat district.

• September 5: A local-level leader of the PBCP-Lal Pataka faction, identified as Zia, was killed in a shootout between the police and PBCP cadres at Ramchandrapur in the Santhia sub-district of Pabna district.

• September 4: Saifuzzaman alias Shoaib alias Ripon, second-in-command of the PBCP-Janajuddha faction, was killed in a shootout with the RAB personnel at Katakhali crossing in the Rupsha sub-district of Khulna district.

• September 3: A senior cadre of the PBCP-Janajuddha faction was killed in a crossfire between his accomplices and security forces (SFs) at village Toipur in the Chuadanga district.

• September 3: Amirul Islam alias Sutki Amir, a 'regional leader' of the PBCP-Janajuddha faction, was killed in crossfire between the outfit's cadres and police in the Chuadanga district.

• August 24: Abdur Rashid alias Sagar, second-in-command of the Nuruzzaman alias Laltu group of the PBCP-Janajuddha faction, was killed in a shootout with the police at Mirpur sub-district in the Kushtia district.

• August 23: Abid Hasan Milon alias Akash, a PBCP-Janajuddha regional leader, was killed in an encounter near Alaipur bridge under Rupsha sub-district in the Khulna district.

• August 16: Two PBCP- Lal Pataka faction cadres, Mujibur Rahman and Panu Mia, were killed at Daripara in the Pabna District.

• August 14: Two PBCP cadres were killed in an encounter at Mohonpur in the Rajshahi district.

• July 9: Golam Mortuza Chand, a PBCP cadre, was killed in an encounter with the police at Belgachhi in the Bagmara district.

• July 9: A PBCP cadre belonging to the outfit's Janajuddha faction was killed in an encounter with the police personnel in Jhenaidah district.

• July 5: A PBCP cadre, identified as Ekramul Haque Helal, was killed in an encounter with the police at Kamta village in the Fakirhat sub-district of Bagerhat district.

• July 3: A PBCP cadre, identified as Azizur Rahman alias Sagor, was found slaughtered at Natkundu village in the Jhenidah district.

• June 22: Cadres of the Marxist-Leninist faction of the PBCP killed a cadre of their own outfit alleging him to be a police informer in the Meherpur district.

• June 17: Fazlur Rahman, a PBCP- Lal Pataka faction regional leader, was killed in an encounter with the police near Dhopaghata Bridge in Pabna district.

• June 15: A PBCP- Janajuddha cadre, identified as Younus, was killed during an encounter with the police at Harinakundu sub-district in the Jhenidah district.

• June 11: PBCP cadre Mizanur Rahman Mizan was killed in a crossfire with the police personnel at Belgachhi Rothtola village in the Alamdanga sub-district of Chuadanga district.

• June 8: Police recovered dead bodies of two armed PBCP- Janajuddha cadres, Tarikul Islam Shiplu and Zakir Hossain, from the Khanjahan Ali and Mujgunni areas of Khulna city.

• May 27: PBCP cadre, Suruj Khan, was killed during an encounter with the police at Chhatnitala in the Puthia sub-district of Rajshahi district.

• May 26: A PBCP-regional leader, identified as Foroj Ali, was killed during an encounter with the police at Sailgari village in the Chuadanga district.

• May 15: Siddiqur Rahman Gazi, a PBCP- Janajuddha regional leader, is killed during an encounter with the RAB personnel at Chengutia in the Jessore district.

• May 15: PBCP cadre, identified as Jasim, was killed in an encounter at Akandbaria in the Chuadanga district.

• May 12: Two PBCP regional leaders were killed in separate encounters.

• May 9: Tiger Alam alias Dakat Alam of the PBCP was killed during an encounter in the Iswardi sub-district of Pabna district.

• May 5: A PBCP- Janajuddha regional leader, identified as Laltu, was killed and five other cadres sustained injuries during an encounter at Malihad in the Mirpur sub-district of Kushtia.

• April 3: A PBCP- Janajuddha cadre was killed during an encounter with the police at Teltupi village in the Jhenidah district.

• March 18: A local 'commander' of the Janajuddha faction of the PBCP, identified as Mashud, was killed in an encounter between his accomplices and the police at village Kasba-Bhatpara in the Meherpur district.

• March 18: Two PBCP- Lal Pataka regional leaders, identified as Abdul Majid alias Jihad and Rafiqul Islam alias Tinu, were killed during an encounter with the police at Raninagar in the Naogaon district.

• March 13: Four PBCP cadres were killed and six police personnel sustained injuries during an encounter at Laskardia village in the Rajbari district.

• March 2: Manjur Rahman Sardar, a PBCP- Lal Pataka cadre, is killed in crossfire between police and his associates in the Moshai Beel area of Rajshahi district.

• February 22: A PBCP regional leader, Moazzem Ali alias 'Koshai' Moazzem, is killed by the police at village Dakhalpur in the Jhenidah district.

• February 18: Anwarul alias Zihad, a PBCP- Janajuddha regional leader, is killed in an encounter with the police in the Chuadanga district.

• February 12: PBCP-Janajuddha 'second-in-command', Mohidul Islam alias Samim Malitha, is killed in an encounter with the police at Lalonnagar village in the Kushtia district.

• February 9: In the Jhenidah district, a PBCP- Janajuddha regional leader, Sajahan Ali, was killed in an encounter with the police at Lakhmipur village.

• February 8: Three PBCP- ML cadres were killed in crossfire between police and their party cadres at Jugipara in the Rajshahi district.

• February 7: A PBCP-Janajuddha regional leader was reportedly killed during an encounter with the police at Shihala village in the Kushtia district.

• February 4: Manik alias Kashai Manik, a PBCP- Janajuddha regional leader, was killed in a crossfire with the police at Raghunathpur village in Pabna district.

• February 2: Three PBCP cadres were killed in separate incidents of crossfire with the police in the Kushtia and Pabna districts.

• February 2: Police recovered the dead body of Ansaruddin Manik, a PBCP cadre, from village Dhalaura in the Kushtia district. He was reportedly abducted by rivals in the PBCP and subsequently killed.

• January 31: Two PBCP cadres were killed during separate encounters with the police in the Pabna and Jhenidah districts.

• January 30: Three senior PBCP cadres were killed in two incidents of crossfire with the police and RAB personnel in the Chuadanga district.

• January 28: A PBCP regional leader, Entaj alias Enta, was reportedly killed during crossfire between police and his accomplices at Khirpota village in the Natore district.

• January 21: Shafiqul Islam, a PBCP cadre, was killed in police crossfire at Lalpara in the Rajshahi district.

• January 20: Kartik Chandra Rishi, a PBCP cadre belonging to the Janajuddha faction, was killed at Tala in the Satkhira district.

• January 17: Didarul Islam Palash alias Shyamal, 'operational commander' of the Khulna Metropolitan city unit of the PBCP-Janajuddha faction, was killed in a shootout with the police at Sonadanga in the Khulna district.

• January 17: Lal Potaka, a leader of the PBCP-Marxist Leninist faction, was killed in crossfire in the Durgapur sub-district of Rajshahi district.

• January 16: The PBCP 'publicity secretary for international affairs', Muhammad Shafi Sarkar, was killed in an encounter with the police at Raghunathpur in the Rajshahi district.

• January 12: A PBCP- Janajuddha regional leader was killed in police crossfire in the Jhenidah district.

• January 10: RAB personnel shot dead 'vice president' of Rajshahi Division of the PBCP-ML, Moslem Mollah, at Jigrihat in the Natore district.

• January 10: Abdul Hai, 'zonal leader' of the PBCP, was killed during an encounter with the police in the Abhoynagar area of Jessore district.

• January 10: A PBCP woman cadre, identified as Shanti, was killed by security forces in an encounter at Alangi in the Jhenidah district.

• January 6: A PBCP regional leader, identified as Iqbal Hossain alias Shaikat, was killed during an encounter with the police at Gilatala in the Khulna district.

• January 3: A PBCP- Janajuddha cadre, identified as Abdur Rob, was reportedly beaten to death by villagers at Chalna Bazaar in the Khulna district.

• January 1: A PBCP- Janajuddha cadre was killed in crossfire with the police in the Alamdanga sub-district of Chuadanga district.

2004

• December 31: Two cadres of the PBCP, Abdul Aziz and Asgar Ali, were killed during an encounter with the RAB personnel at Borobaria village in the Rajshahi district.

• December 24: A 'regional leader' of the PBCP-Janajuddha, Sirajul Islam Siraj, was killed in an encounter with the security forces (SFs) in the Pagla Kanai area of Jhenidah district.

• December 22: A cadre of the Janajuddha faction of the PBCP was killed during an encounter with the SFs at Jabusa village in Khulna.

• December 18: Two cadres of the Janajuddha faction of the PBCP were killed during a crossfire between PBCP cadres and the police in Jessore district.

• December 18: A PBCP-Marxist Leninist leader was killed during an encounter with the SFs at Sonakhali village in Meherpur district.

• December 13: A PBCP-Janajuddha cadre, Abu Bakkar, is killed and two police personnel sustain injuries during a shootout at Alokdia village in the Jhenidah district.

• December 12: Moazzem Hossain Ripon, a regional leader of the PBCP, was killed during crossfire at Banaripara in the Barisal district.

• December 12: PBCP-Janajuddha 'regional commander', Rezaul Tarafdar, was killed during crossfire at Failabazar in the Bagerhat district.

• December 1: A PBCP-Janajuddha cadre was killed by cadres belonging to a rival faction in the Govindapur canal area of Chuadanga district.

• December 1: Two PBCP-Janajuddha cadres were killed by an angry mob while extorting money in separate incidents in the Nehalpur village and Daulatpur kitchen market area of Khulna district.

• December 1: Mirajul Hossain alias Kalam, a PBCP-ML leader, was killed during crossfire in the Chuadanga district.

• November 29: PBCP cadre Mannan was killed during crossfire at Gabindahuda in the Chuadanga district.

• November 28: Five PBCP-ML cadres, including a 'regional commander' and a 'deputy regional commander', were arrested from Pirpur village in the Pabna district.

• November 27: Suspected PBCP cadres killed Ali Akbar, a district level leader of the Bangladesh Samajtantrik Dal, at Bisnupur village in the Rajshahi district.

• November 27: Gazi Rokanuddin, a PBCP-Janajuddha cadre, was killed during an encounter with the police in Jessore district.

• November 25: Two PBCP cadres were killed during cross-fire at Alamdanga in the Chuadanga district.

• November 24: Mosharraf Hossain alias Mosha, a regional PBCP- Janajuddha leader, was killed in an encounter with police personnel in the Chuadanga district.

• November 23: BNP leader, Shafiqul Islam Shafi, was killed and seven others were wounded in a bomb explosion by PBCP cadres at his office in Chuadanga.

• November 18: Seven PBCP cadres were arrested at Alamdanga in the Chuadanga district.

• November 4: A PBCP- Janajuddha cadre was lynched by a mob in Khulna.

• November 2: Two PBCP cadres were killed in a factional clash between the Marxist Leninist and Janajuddha factions in the Alamdanga sub-district of Chuadanga district.

• November 1: A PBCP cadre was killed in an encounter at Kazipur under Daulatpur sub-district of Kushtia district.

• October 31: A 'regional leader' of the PBCP, Rifat alias Kafil alias Kajal, was killed in a crossfire' a day after he was arrested at Khadimpur in the Chuadanga district.

• October 29: Abul Kalam Azad alias Tushar, a senior leader of the PBCP-Janajuddha, was lynched by a mob in the Khulna city.

• October 26: Local villagers lynched two PBCP-Janajuddha cadres at Kurhia village in the Batiaghata sub-district of Khulna district.

• October 24: PBCP-Janajuddha cadres kill two of their own colleagues in Kushtia district for their alleged nexus with the police and 'class enemies'.

• October 22: A woman cadre of the PBCP-Hamidul group was killed by cadres of the Janajuddha faction at Ambahar village in Kushtia district.

• October 22: A PBCP-Janajuddha cadre, Shahdat Hossain, was killed in an encounter with SFs in the compound of the Prem Kanon area of Khulna city.

• October 16: A former cadre of the PBCP-Janajuddha, Kawser alias Kasr was killed by police personnel at Malihad Canalpara in Mirpur sub-district in Kushtia district.
  
  

• October 11: Two senior leaders of the PBCP, Abul Hasem alias Kajal and Obaidul Haq alias Tiger, were killed in a shootout with the police in the Chuadanga district.

• October 10: A PBCP-Janajuddha cadre was killed by cadres of the BCP at Shantunagar village in the Chuadanga district.

• October 4: Cadres of the PBCP-ML shot dead two of their rivals in the Alamdanga and Sadar areas of Chuadanga district.

• September 22: Two PBCP (Janajuddha faction) activists are assaulted by a mob for demanding toll of Taka 50,000 from a cement dealer of Sabujbagh under Sonadanga Police Station.

• September 16: RAB recovers three bombs and some bomb-making material from the house of an outlawed PBCP (Janajuddha faction) activist at Pathanbari in the Khulna city.

• September 14: PBCP (Janajuddha faction) cadres kill two persons in separate incidents in the Chuadanga and Kushtia districts.

• September 7: PBCP (Janajuddha faction) cadres kill three people, including a woman, in two incidents in the Chuadanga district.

• August 26: Two operatives of the PBCP (Janajuddha faction) are lynched by a mob at Rajghat in the Fakirhat sub-district.

• August 24: Security forces arrest a man with close links to the PBCP in Khulna region on suspicion of being involved in the August 21-grenade attack on an Awami League rally in Dhaka.

• August 21: Babu Molla, an activist of the PBCP (Janajuddha faction), is killed in crossfire after being arrested in Dhaka by the RAB.

• August 20: Altaf Hossain alias BDR Altaf, second-in-command of PBCP (Janajuddha faction), is killed along with another cadre during an encounter with the police at Malot village in Khulna district.

• July 28:The PBCP (Janajuddha faction) in a bomb attack kills two Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal leaders and injures another at Hardi bazaar in the Chuadanga district.

• July 27:A PBCP cadre is killed due to alleged intra-party rivalry at village Kutubpur in Alamdanga sub-district.

• July 26:An unidentified armed group kills a PBCP (Janajuddha faction) cadre at Chitalmari in Bagerhat district.

• July 23:A PBCP cadre is arrested at Bharalipara in the Rajshahi district.

• July 17: Khulna police arrest two armed cadres of the PBCP (Janajuddha faction) from the Gobarchaka area.

• July 1: PBCP (Janajuddha) threatens to kill 13 journalists based in Satkhira.

• June 27: A PBCP (Janajuddha faction) cadre kills the editor of Dainik Janmabhumi, Humayun Kabir Balu, and injures his elder son during a bomb attack in Khulna city

• June 25: PBCP (Janajuddha faction) cadres kill one civilian at village Luximpur in the Chuadanga district.

• June 23: PBCP (Janajuddha) kills five cadres of the rival PBCP (Marxist-Leninist faction) at Naripota village in the Chuadanga district.

• June 15: Four extremist leaders belonging to PBCP (ML) Red Flag are arrested from north Rajapur village in Naogaon district.

• June 10: A PBCP (ML) activist is killed and five police officers are wounded during an encounter between police and armed PBCP cadres in Khulna.

• June 9: Interrogation by Bagmara police of four arrested 'regional commanders' of the PBCP (Lal Potaka) reveals that the organisation has links with extremist groups in six countries including India, Sri Lanka, Nepal and Bhutan.

• June 6: PBCP (ML-Jana Juddha) claims responsibil