Criminals kill engr of Jalalabad Gas
An engineer of a state-run gas company was beaten to death in the city by local criminals as he tried to save his cousin from their attack Tuesday night. Victim Wasiur Raza Chowdhury alias Razi, 37, was a deputy manager of Jalalabad Gas Transmission and Distribution Company. Police said Wasiur had been staying in an under-construction building of his maternal uncle at Mazumderpara in the city. He used to supervise the construction work of the building as his uncle stays abroad. Hearing hue and cry at about 10:00pm Tuesday, Wasiur came out of the house and saw some local youths beating up his cousin Mamed. As Wasiur asked them to stop beating, they swooped on him and beat him up mercilessly. He was rushed to a private hospital in critical condition and later shifted to Osmani Medical College and Hospital where the attending doctors declared him dead. Locals said, the gang beat up Mamed when he asked them about the iron rods stolen from in front of the house in the morning.
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