UP chairman in Faridpur killed
7 February 2012, 18:00 PM
Our Correspondent, Faridpur
Moloy BoseCriminals killed Moloy Bose, 45, chairman of Atghar union parishad in Saltha upazila yesterday morning.
Locals said a gang of 5-6 assailants intercepted Moloy at Ronokail village in Sadar upazila while he along with one Sohag was returning home from the district town by a motorbike at about 11:00am.
The gang started to stab him indiscriminately on head and other parts of the body, leaving him dead on the spot.
Moloy was the son of Monendra Nath Bose of Sarukhdia village in Saltha upazila.
Police recovered the body and sent it to Faridpur General Hospital morgue for autopsy.
Seriously injured Sohag was rushed to the same hospital.
Police said, the UP chairman might have been killed following previous enmity as he had been at loggerheads with some people of his village.
Bijoy Basak, Additional SP of Faridpur, told this correspondent that the murder was pre-planned and it might be linked to the last UP election.
"We are trying our best to identify and arrest the criminals", he said.
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