A local activist of Juba Dal, youth front of the main opposition BNP,
was murdered by miscreants at Raghunathpur village in Chowgacha
upazila of the district on Monday night.
The deceased was identified as Atiar,35, an activist of Singhajhuli
Union Juba Dal unit in the upazila.
The victim’s family members said a gang of armed miscreants numbering
about eight, led by one Ashik, swooped on Atiar at night when he was
sitting at a tea stall in front of thier house.
At one stage, he ran away from the spot in panic.
Later, the attackers, after a short chase, could get hold of him and
hacked him indiscriminately and fled leaving him seriously injured in
a nearby ditch.
He was rushed to Jessore Medical College Hospital where on-duty
doctors declared him dead.
A case was filed in this connection after getting autopsy report of
the body from the hospital, said police.
-UNB
