Three people were murdered in separate incidents in Comilla and Cox’s Bazar districts on Tuesday and Monday night. In Comilla, muggers stabbed a Grameen Bank official to death at Sujanagar of the city on Tuesday noon. The victim was identified as Dilip Kumar Banik, field level officer of the micro-credit lending organisation and son of Prabandhan Kumar Banik of Kongai village in Chandina upazila in the district. Locals said Dilip came under the attack while returning to his office after collecting installment money from the loan recipients. On the way, muggers intercepted him at Sujanagar and tried to take away the bag containing the money. Resisted, the hoodlums stabbed him indiscriminately in the belly, leaving him critically injured. Locals whisked Dilip to Comilla Medical College Hospital where doctors declared him dead. Police recovered the body and sent it to hospital morgue for autopsy. In another incident, police recovered the throat-slit body of an expatriate from a house in the Housing Estate area of the city on Monday night. The victim was identified as Samsul Huda, 38, a Singapore expatriate and resident of Chouddagram upazila. Kotwali Police said Samsul who returned home from Singapore on December 11 was kidnapped for ransom and killed by a gang. Police arrested three people, including a woman, on suspicion. The arrested were identified as Ripon, 32, a hotel trader and his girlfriend Taslima, 26, and their staff Shahab Uddin, 22. In Cox’s Bazar, a shrimp trader was stabbed to death allegedly by his partner over payment of borrowed money at Maizpara in Sadar upazila on Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Kalimullah, 28, of the area. – UNB
