Miscreants kill AL leader in Benapole: 2 held
Saturday, 12 June 2010
BENAPOLE, June 11 (UNB): An Awami League (AL) leader was hacked to death and his friend injured in an attack by miscreants at Panchpukur in Sharsha Upazila early Friday.
The deceased was identified as Khandaker Majlur Haque Maju,32, vice president of Bagasra union chapter AL and son of Khandaker Shafiul Haque of Bag Asra village of same upazila.
Maju along with his friend Hasan was returning home by his motorcycle after attending a pre-marital ceremony at about 12:30am.
Several miscreants intercepted the cyclists and slaughtered Maju to death and hit Hasan with sharp weapons, leaving him injured.
Being informed by local people, police recovered the body and sent it to local hospital morgue for autopsy.
Police later arrested two men, Yaqub Ali, son of Ajgar Ali of Bagasra and Aminur Rahman, son of Mozammel Haque of Shankur area in Jhikargachha, on charges of their involvement in the killing.
Police suspected that Majlur, also a motorcycle businessman, was killed over business-related conflict.
The deceased was identified as Khandaker Majlur Haque Maju,32, vice president of Bagasra union chapter AL and son of Khandaker Shafiul Haque of Bag Asra village of same upazila.
Maju along with his friend Hasan was returning home by his motorcycle after attending a pre-marital ceremony at about 12:30am.
Several miscreants intercepted the cyclists and slaughtered Maju to death and hit Hasan with sharp weapons, leaving him injured.
Being informed by local people, police recovered the body and sent it to local hospital morgue for autopsy.
Police later arrested two men, Yaqub Ali, son of Ajgar Ali of Bagasra and Aminur Rahman, son of Mozammel Haque of Shankur area in Jhikargachha, on charges of their involvement in the killing.
Police suspected that Majlur, also a motorcycle businessman, was killed over business-related conflict.