Christian mission guard murdered

Criminals stabbed to death a night guard of a Christian mission in Dinajpur Sadar upazila early yesterday, a day after his appointment there.  

The victim was Suku Soren, 45, son of Laxman Soren of Auliapur village under the upazila.

The authorities of Auliapur Mission employed Suku Soren, a local 'easy-bike' driver, for guarding the mission complex at night as all the staff started leaving for home to celebrate the Christmas on December 25, said Supol Hembram, a mission official.

Around 1:00am, criminals entered the mission complex climbing the boundary wall, when Suku caught one of them and started screaming.

Then the criminals stabbed him with knife and fled the spot.

His bow and arrows were found damaged. 

Locals took Suku to Dinajpur Medical College Hospital where he succumbed to his injuries around 1:30am.

Police sent the body to the hospital morgue for autopsy.

The incident triggered panic among the Christian community ahead of their biggest festival.  

"We are suspecting that Suku was killed by thieves," Mahfuz Uz Zaman Ashraf, additional SP of Dinajpur, told the journalists after visiting the spot.

Drug addicts, who often roamed around the complex, might have committed the murder, locals said.