3 held over JL-BCL leaders murder

Staff Reporter :
Police arrested three persons in connection with the murder of two former local leaders of Jubo League (JL), and Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) in Lakshmipur.
Md Sohel Rana, Additional police superintendent (Lakshmipur Sadar circle), confirmed the news to the media on Thursday afternoon saying that police arrested the three people in a drive and they were questioning over the murder. But the official could not inform about the identities of the detainees.

Earlier, a case has been registered against 33 people including local Awami League leader Abul Kashem Zihadi in connection with the murders of former Jubo League leader Noman and former Chhatra League leader Rakib.

On Tuesday night, terrorists shot former general secretary of the district unit Jubo League Abdullah Al Noman and former organizing secretary of the district unit BCL Rakib Imam dead on Nagerhat road under Bashikpur union in Sadar upazila.

Later, Noman’s elder brother and Bashikpur union parishad chairman Mahfuzur Rahman filed a case against 18 named and 15 unknown people with Chandraganj Police Station in this connection.

The prime accused of the lawsuit Abul Kashem Jihadi is the vice president of Chandraganj Thana Awami League and former chairman of Bashikpur UP.
There is an allegation that he has been committing terror acts in the locality for around two decades by forming a group.