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| Bangladesh Bad Boys Bashed |
| 2004-12-27 |
| PBCP cadre lynched, wounded man dies A cadre of outlawed Purbo Banglar Communist Party's (PBCP) Janajuddha faction was lynched and another injured in a mob beating Friday died at a hospital Saturday. A mob caught Shaheen Sheikh, 35, son of Abdul Khaleque of Chandmari Bazar under Kotwali thana, near the police box of Rupsha Ferry Ghat at 8:45pm. The mob beat up the PBCP cadre, who was distributing party leaflets, to death on the spot. Shaheen was a listed criminal and accused of two murders and other criminal charges. Earlier on Friday, a mob beat up Sirajul Islam Dhali, 35, on Rupsha Bridge by-pass road around midnight. He was admitted to Khulna Medical College and Hospital under police custody and died Saturday. Son of Surman Dhali of Maheshwaripur union in Koira upazila of Khulna, Sirajul was accused in two criminal cases filed with Batiaghata Police Station. Alleged extortionist beaten to death in Khulna Dec 26: An alleged extortionist was beaten to death by a mob near Khulna New Market of the city tonight. The dead was identified as Parvez, 23, said to be a cadre of the outlawed Janajuddha group. According to police, Parvez went to a restaurant near Khulna New Market at about 8-40 pm to collect toll from its owners. The people caught and beat him black and blue. On receipt of information about the beating incident, police went to the spot, rescued him in a critical condition and took him to Khulna Medical College Hospital where the attending doctors declared him dead. When contacted, assistant commissioner of police (south) Anisur Rahman could not immediately provide further information about the dead extortionist. JCD men held while trying to kidnap bride A mob Saturday caught two cadres of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) with a gun as they made an attempt to abduct a bride in Islampur in the city. They are Akhter and Malek, cadres of a faction of Upashahar unit JCD. An armed group stormed the house of Ataur Rahman and tried to pick up his daughter, whose marriage was scheduled for yesterday, at 10:00pm. Hearing cries from the house, locals rushed to the scene, foiled the attempt and held the two with an SBBL gun with bullets. Witnesses could not say how many criminals came but confirmed at least one managed to escape. The mob beat up the cadres of the JCD, student wing of ruling BNP, and handed them over to police. The cadres were accused of extortion and other criminal charges in the area. |
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