29 face case over BCL activist Tanim murder

SYLHET, Jan 11 (UNB): A case was filed against 29 named and four to five unnamed people in connection with the killing of Sylhet BCL activist Tanim Khan in the early hours of Thursday.

Delwar Hossain Rahi, a friend of Tanim, filed a murder case with Shah Poran thana around 12:00 am accusing 29 people, said officer-in-charge (OC) Akhtar Hossain.

Among others, Jainal Abedin Diamond, Sadiqur Rahman Azla, Ruhel Ahmed of BCL faction led by Azadur Rahman Azad were named in the case, said the OC.

Earlier on Monday, police arrested Jaynal Abedin Diamond and Ruhel Ahmed in this connection.

On Sunday night, Tanim Khan, an activist of Tilagarh unit of BCL and son of Israil Khan of Bhurunga village in Osmaninagar upazila, was stabbed to death allegedly by rivals in Tilagarh of

the city.

There was a longstanding dispute between two groups of BCL over establishing supremacy in MC College area.