68 murdered last year Killing incidents, especially for social rivalry and family disputes, has marked a remarkable rise in Jhenidah as 68 people were murdered in the district last year.Such a large number of killings has given rise to fear among the common people about their security in six upazilas of the south-western district.Among the deceased, 11 were women and seven children.Police sources said at least 27 people, including four women and two children, were killed in Sadar upazila, nine, including one woman, in Shailkupa upazila, 10, including one child, in Kaliganj upazila, 12, including three children and one woman, in Harinakundu upazila, and five each, including three women, in Kotchandpur, and, two women and one child, in Moheshpur upazila.Among the deceased six people were killed in political violence.The victims are: Harinakundu upazila unit BNP president Abul Hossain, Kaliganj upazila unit Awami League leader Abdur Rauf, Jubo League leaders Mithun and Khairul Hossain Malitha, Dhaka city unit BNP leader Rafiqul Islam and Jamat-e-Islami activist Abdus Salam.Besides, A BNP activist named Intazul Islam (Intaz) of East Daripara in Moheshpur upazila and Shibir activist Israil Hossain of Harindia
village in Kotchandpur upazila were killed in police firing while a police constable named Gazi Omar was killed in a clash with pickets during hartal enforced by Jamaat-e-Islami on March 3, 2013. A total of 66 people were killed in the district in 2012.Assistant Superintendent of Police Nazrul Islam said social rivalry and family disputes were the major reasons behind the killings. -UNB, Jhenidah
