Dhaka, Tuesday, January 6, 2009 - 5:46am In Dhaka, armed assailants shot dead Nazrul Islam, 32, Ward 56 president of Swechchhasebak Dal, at his Bijoynagar office on Monday. Witnesses said four armed men in two motorbikes reached Aqib Bumper House at Bijoyagar at around 3:30pm and shot Nazrul point blank.
Local people took him to Dhaka Medical College Hospital, where the on-duty doctors declared him dead.
Mohiuddin, 35, a customer at the shop, also sustained bullet injuries and was undergoing treatment at the hospital.
Nazrul’s younger brother Iqbal Hossain claimed that political rivalry was behind the killing.
He alleged that some local Juba League leaders and activists threatened to kill his brother.
Nazrul had filed a general diary with the Shahbagh police in this connection.
The Shahbagh police officer-in-charge, Mohammad Rezaul Karim, told New Age that the incident was under investigation.
Pabna Correspondent reports: BNP activist Obaidul Islam, 42, who was injured in an incident of post-polls violence at Banglabazar under Pabna sadar on Friday, died at Rajshahi Medical College Hospital Sunday night.
Bogra correspondent reports: A Juba League leader was stabbed to death and another was injured allegedly by some local Juba Dal and Chhatra Dal activists at Nataipara Krishnapara of Bogra municipality on Monday.
The deceased was Sabuj, 25, son of Abdul Gafur of the municipal area and a second year student of business management at Bogra Govt Azizul Haq College.
Sources said Sabuj and Mousum, 30, son of Masud Mia, had a longstanding dispute over sand trade with some people of the area. As a sequel to the enmity, some miscreants stabbed Sabuj and Mousum while they were playing carom at about 4:15pm, leaving them seriously injured.
The injured were taken to Shaheed Ziaur Rahman Medical College and Hospital where Sabuj died.
Local Juba League brought out a protest procession, condemning the killing.