Businessman killed in brutal attack outside Mitford Hospital

News Desk :

Assailants have beaten and hacked a trader to death in brutal fashion outside Sir Salimullah Medical College Mitford Hospital, allegedly over a dispute tied to illegal wire trading.

The victim, Md Sohag, 32, ran a scrap copper and wire business in Mitford.

He was originally from Barishal, reports bdnews24.com
The attack took place near Gate No. 3 of the hospital around 4pm on Wednesday, Kotwali Police chief Md Moniruzzaman said.

Sohag was critically injured in a clash between two groups and rushed to the hospital’s emergency department, where doctors declared him dead on arrival, the officer said.

“A rivalry over local dominance and control of the illicit wire market led to the attack,” said the officer.

A trader familiar with the situation, speaking on condition of anonymity, said: “A long-running black market exists here for copper and white wires. Sohag was involved in a power struggle with another businessman over its control.”

Police say an investigation is under way and efforts are being made to arrest those involved in the killing.

Meanwhile, Bangladesh Jatiotabadi Jubo Dal, the youth wing of BNP, has expelled two of its leaders for their alleged involvement in the brutal killing of businessman Mohammad Sohag in front of Mitford Hospital in the capitalon 9 July.

The expulsion was announced in a statement, signed by Jubo Dal Assistant Office Secretary Minhazul Islam Bhuiyan, on Friday.

According to the statement, Rajjab Ali Pintu, former assistant secretary for climate affairs of the Jubo Dal Central Executive Committee, and Sabah Karim Lucky, joint convener of the Dhaka South Jubo Dal, have been permanently expelled from the organisation. Both were named in the case filed by the victim’s family.