Swechhasebak League leader dies after being stabbed by police informant

A local Swechhasebak League leader died last night, over a week after he was stabbed allegedly by a police informant in Bogura.

Rokonuzzaman Roni, 33, publicity secretary of the organisation, died at Bogura Shaheed Ziaur Rahman Medical College Hospital.

He and his nephew Rifatuzzaman were stabbed allegedly by police informant Sobahan in Malgram area on July 19.

Roni's elder sister Sharmin Akter Ruma filed an attempted murder case accusing Sobahan and five others.

Humayan Kabir, officer-in-charge of Bogura Sadar Police Station, said, "Muktar, Somrat, Munna, Rakib, Noman are accused of stabbing Roni and his nephew over a previous feud. We arrested Rakib two days after the attack and he admitted that Mukter stabbed Roni and his nephew."

Ruma told reporters that accused Sobhan is a police informant and had an enmity with her brother.

Zulfiqar Rahman Shanto, secretary of Bogura Swechhasebak League, unit told the Daily Star that the attacker Sobahan is a notorious criminal and a police informant and he should be arrested immediately.

Sonaton Chakraborty, additional superintendent of police, however, said Sobahan was not a police informant.

Police teams are working to arrest him, he added.