Juba Dal leader hacked to death in Sylhet

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Gowainghat Correspondent : A group of unidentified assailants hacked a local Juba Dal activist to death in Gowainghat upazila of Sylhet early Sunday.

The deceased, 32-year-old Badrul Alam of Hadarpar village under Rustampur union, is a former organising secretary of the union unit Chhatra Dal and an aspirant for the general secretary post in the Gowainghat upazila unit of Juba Dal, according to local residents and the police.

Besides, he was involved in the sand and stone trading business.

The victim’s neighbour, Sadek Hossain, who survived the attack with injuries, said that they were returning to their village from Manartol Bazar on a motorcycle at around 4:00 am.

Sadek stated that they were carrying Tk 30 lakh in cash.

According to Sadek, a group of about 12 people armed with locally made sharp weapons waylaid their motorcycle when they reached Goragram village and attempted to rob them of the money and their mobile phones.

When they resisted, the attackers mercilessly hacked Badrul and fled the scene with the looted cash and phones, he said.

Hearing their screams, local residents rushed to the spot, but Badrul had already succumbed to his injuries.

Gowainghat police station officer-in-charge Omar Faruk Maral said that Badrul’s body was sent to the Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital for a post-mortem examination before being handed over to his family.

‘Efforts to identify and arrest the killers are currently underway,’ the OC added.