Kushtia BNP leader murdered
Seen as sequel to long-standing feud
Criminals stabbed to death a local BNP leader in broad daylight at Amdah village in Meherpur Sadar upazila yesterday.
The deceased, Afaz Uddin, 45, of Paranpur village in Mujibnagar upazila in Meherpur, was president of Mahajanpur union unit of BNP and former member of Mahajanpur union parishad (UP) in Mujibnagar upazila.
Afaz, accompanied by his friend Ahsan Habib Miraz, was going to Meherpur town from his Paranpur house on a motorcycle when Emadul Islam and Rafiqul Islam, son of Hafizul Islam, and Ziarul Islam, son of Chamatkar Ali of Paranpur village, waylaid them with a speedy motorcycle in front of Amdah UP complex at about 10:45am, police quoted witnesses as saying.
The criminals dragged Afaz and started stabbing him on the street. As Afaz jumped to a roadside ditch, the gang rushed there and chopped him to death.
The killers fled away through Amdah field, leaving their motorbike on the spot. On information, police from Meherpur Sadar and Mujbnagar police stations rushed to the spot, recovered the body and sent it to Meherpur General Hospital.
Police also recovered the motorbike left by the criminals.
Afaz Uddin's son Amirul Islam Ripon filed a case with Sadar police station against the three alleged killers.
Men of BNP leader Afaz Uddin and Awami League leader Hafizul Islam earlier locked in several clashes to establish supremacy in the area, said Mujibnagar police station Officer-in-Charge Jalal Uddin.
According to police, Hafiz group stabbed Afaz's younger brother Milon Uddin, now a police constable in Kushtia, in 1998 while men of Afaz stabbed Hafiz's younger son Babar Ali in 2002. Babar is now an expatriate in Malaysia.
Afaz's another brother Neksa Uddin, who is also in Malaysia, went missing five days ago.
“Afaz on Wednesday night told me that Babar killed his brother Neksa Uddin in Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia a few days ago. He also asked me about the process to bring the body to Bangladesh,” OC Jalal told this correspondent over phone yesterday.
“But we are yet to get any evidence of the 'killing' in Malaysia,” he said.
Local sources said after his brother went missing in Malaysia, Afaz threatened to file a case against Hafiz and his brother. This angered Hafiz's sons and led to the murder.
“We are investigating the whole matter and drive is on to arrest the killers,” said Mahibuzzaman, assitant superintendent of police in Meherpur.
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