JCD leader hacked to death

SYLHET: A local Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) leader was hacked to death by unidentified miscreants in the city’s Patatula area Friday evening.
The deceased was identified as Zillul Haque Zilu, 25, son of Nur Miah of Palpur in Chhatak upazila of Sunamganj, according to a news agency.
Zilu was the former president of Gobindaganj Degree College unit of JCD in Chhatak and an activist of Sylhet city unit.
Witnesses said six youths riding three motorbikes chased Zilu while he was taking soft drinks at a shop in Patantula area around 7pm.
Being chased, the JCD leader entered ‘Sraboni Residential Area’. However, the attackers ran after him and managed to catch him.
Later, they chopped him with sharp weapons, leaving him seriously injured.
Locals rushed Zilu to Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital where doctors declared him dead around 7:30pm.