BNP activist beaten to death
A BNP activist was beaten to death allegedly by Awami League (AL) men in Meherpur district yesterday morning.
The dead was identified as Shariful Islam of Sonapur in Mujibnagar upazila in the district.
Subhas Biswas, officer in-charge (OC) of Mujibnagar police station, quoting family sources, said Shariful, a BNP activist of the upazila, locked in an altercation with a few men belonging to ruling AL several days ago. Shariful had blamed the government for failing to run the country properly.
At that time, AL activists Aslam and Motiar threatened Shariful with dire consequences.
Yesterday, at about 14.30am, a group of people led by Aslam, Motiar, Babu and Gada stormed into the house of Shariful and started to beat him indiscriminately.
The AL men left the place when Shariful fell unconscious.
Shariful was rushed to Meherpur General Hospital where he died at about 12.30pm.
“The alleged killers have gone into hiding", the OC said, adding that police have launched a drive to arrest them.
Masud Arun, former BNP lawmaker of Meherpur-1 identified Shariful as a BNP activist and demanded immediate arrest of the killers.
“A procession will be brought out to protest the killing,” Arun said.
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