Coffin procession demands death penalty for killers

With the coffin of slain Shudhangshu Boshak, agitating locals brought out a procession in Pabna town yesterday demanding death penalty for his killers.

The demonstrators started marching from Pabna Medical College Hospital and paraded the main streets.

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A protest rally was also held before Pabna Press Club.

The speakers sought bringing all the murderers to book for security of the minority communities.

People from all the communities irrespective of religions joined the programme, they said Badol Voumik, president of Puja Udjapan Parishad in Pabna.

Abdullah Al Hasan, officer-in-charge of Sadar Police Station, told The Daily Star that they were trying to arrest the accused as the family gave them their names.

Shudhangshu, 55, a trader of brass-made goods and part-timer of a restaurant, was hacked to death in front of his family Thursday for protesting against drinking near his house.

His widow Taposhi Boshak said some seven men of Monzil, an alleged drinker, entered their house in the town's Radhanagar Rathghar and hacked Shudhangshu.