BNP leader stabbed to death in Sylhet, one held

Sylhet Bureau :
BNP leader AFM Kamal was stabbed to death by unidentified assailants in Amberkhana area in the Sylhet city on Sunday night.
AFM Kamal was a former Health Affairs Secretary of Sylhet district BNP Unit and Publicity Secretary of Sylhet Chhatra Dal.
Sylhet Airport Police Station OC Mainul Zakir said the assailants
attacked Kamal near Amberkhana Boro Bazar around 9:00pm on Sunday when he was sitting inside his private car. Suddenly the gang, riding on motorcycles, started stabbing and managed to flee the scene.
Critically injured BNP leader was rushed to Sylhet Osmani Medical College and Hospital where on duty physicians declared him dead.
Kamal’s body has been kept at the hospital morgue.
Police, however, conducted a raid and detained a Chhatra Dal leader named Raju on suspicion of involvement in the incident. He is being interrogated, and efforts are underway to find others who are involved in the killing, said Azbahar Ali Sheikh, Deputy Commissioner (north) of Sylhet Metropolitan Police.
The assailants arrived on two motorcycles, attacked Kamal, and fled, said Sylhet Airport Police Station chief Khan Mohammad Mainul Zakir.
Following the murder, angry leaders and activists of Mahanagar Chhatra Dal brought out a procession, brandishing sticks at around 11:00pm. They clashed with Chhatra League activists in the Rikabi Bazar area.
Shutters of some shops and a private car were vandalised near Nazrul Auditorium in Rikabi Bazar during the clash. A motorcycle was also set on fire.
Later, officers from Kotwali Police Station arrived at the spot and brought the situation under control, said Azbahar Ali.
Awami League leaders held an immediate rally near the auditorium protesting the vandalism. District BNP President Abdul Qayyum Chowdhury said that the party will announce a tough programme if the killers are not arrested.
Addressing the law enforcement agencies, he said, “No one should be harassed politically by capitalising on the murder and the leaders and activists of the opposition party should not be repressed.”