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JCD-Shibir men kill BCL worker
[Bangla Daily Star] A local Chhatra League... the student wing of the Bangla Awami League ... leader was killed allegedly by Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal ...student wing of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP)... and Islami Chhatra Shibir ... the student wing of the Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh... men in Rajshahi city's Meherchandi area on Sunday night over a previous enmity between them. The victim was Robiul Islam, 19. Shafiqul Islam, Robiul's elder brother, said Robiul had a conflict with local JCD and Jubo Dal activists over a trifling matter. He alleged that the same attackers swooped on their house on March 31 over the issue. Robiul then filed a case against some JCD activists with Boalia Police Station in this connection. "The attack on Robiul was in retaliation for filing of the case," Shafiqul added. Asaduzzaman, joint secretary of Rajshahi district Awami League, said some 30 JCD and Shibir men, led by JCD activist Sayeed, attacked Robiul when he was celebrating a Pahela Baishakh programme in his locality. The attackers stabbed him and hit him on the head with bricks, leaving him critically injured, said Ziaur Rahman, officer-in-charge of Boalia Police Station. Robiul was declared dead after he was rushed to Rajshahi Medical College Hospital, he added. In protest at the killing, activists of BCL and AL torched a BNP office in the city. Police have incarcerated Keep yer hands where we can see 'em, if yez please! 28 JCD and Shibir men suspecting their involvement in the killing. Posted by: Fred 2013-04-16 |
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