Khulna UP Chairman Murder
Case against six, no arrest yet
A case was lodged with Phultala Police Station on Tuesday night in connection with the murder of Damodar Union Parishad chairman Sarder Abu Saeed Badal.
Phultala Upazila Parishad Charman Sarder Alauddin Mithu filed the case at 11:30pm, accusing six unidentified men of killing his elder brother.
The case was recorded under Section 302 of Bangladesh Penal Code. Sub-Inspector (SI) Monirul Islam of Phultala Police Station has been made investigation officer (IO) of the case.
No one has so far been arrested in connection with the murder although combing operations are going on, Officer-in-charge of the police station said.
Sarder Abu Saeed Badal was shot dead by two unidentified people near his residence at Damodar under Phultala upazila of Khulna district at around 11:00am on Monday.
The complainant in his FIR stated that the murder of his elder brother was committed in pre-planned way by his rivals in local politics.
Meanwhile, Bangladesh Union Parishad Forum (BUPF) Khulna divisional unit yesterday gave an ultimatum to the government to provide adequate security for the chairmen of outlaw-infested unions in the south-western region and arrest the killers of Abu Saeed Badal within the next 72 hours. Otherwise, they threatened to launch a tougher movement to realise their demands.
The parishad leaders said it is obligatory for the government to provide security for the elected representatives who work at grassroots level. The upazila parishad and Union Parishad Chairmen want guarantee of normal death, they added.
Contacted, Chairman of Terokheda Upazila Parishad Sharfuddin Biswas Bachchu and Chairman of Batiaghata Upazila Parishad Ashraful Alam Khan said they have also urged the government to provide gunmen for them.
Outlaws give us death threats over cellphone off and on for supporting the ongoing drive by Rab and police against them, said the two upazila chairmen, also the organising secretaries of Khulna district Awami League.
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