Dhaka, March 6 -- Local freedom fighters are venting their anger after a suspect in the murder of four freedom fighters has been named as the convenor of the newly formed committee of Bangladesh Muktijoddha Sangsad in Gopalganj's Kotalipara Upazila.

They demand that the committee be abolished and the trial of the murder case be completed as soon as possible.

However, the suspect, Abul Kalam Daria, who is also a freedom fighter, denied any ties to the killings.

Freedom fighters Waliur Rahman Lebu, Kamalesh Bedagga, Bishnupad Karmakar and Ramprashad Chakrabarty were brutally killed while returning to Gopalganj town from Kotalipara on a boat on Mar 10, 1973.

Daria was named as the third suspect in the case filed with Kotalipara Police St...