2 murdered, another dies in blast while making bombs

They were identified as BCL leader Anisur Rahman Anis and Jamaat leader Amirul Islam of Kushtia, and a BNP activist Mansur Ali of Chuadanga.

Police also arrested an outlawed party cadre with bombs.

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In Kushtia, unidentified gunmen shot Anis, former general secretary of Halsha Degree College Chhatra Sangsad and secretary of the college Chhatra League, when he was supervising construction work at railway gate in Halsha bazar under Mirpur upazila at about 9:30am yesterday.

Critically injured Anis, also a contractor, was first taken to Kushtia General Hospital.

From there the doctors shifted him to Dhaka where he died at a hospital at about 3:30pm.

In another incident, Amirul Islam, an activist of local Jamaat-e-Islami, was slaughtered at village Kachbaria under Mirpur upazila. Amirul was also a rice trader.

Police said a gang of eight miscreants went to the house of Amirul at around 1:00am and took him to Khairpur where he was slaughtered.

Police recovered the body and sent it to Kushtia General Hospital for autopsy.

Separate cases have been filed with Mirpur Police Station.

In Chuadanga, Mansur was killed at Bamanagar village under Alamdanga upazila on Wednesday evening.

According to police, Mansur was making bombs along with his accomplices at a bush when two bombs were exploded at about 5:30pm. He died instantly.

Police rushed to the spot and arrested one injured Ikhtiar Ali, a cadre of outlawed Red flag, one of the factions of Purbo Banglar Communist Party (PBCP).

During interrogation, Ikhtiar admitted that Mansur was an expert in making bomb and he often supplied them bombs.

Police also recovered seven bombs from the spot.