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Badda shooting incident

Another SL leader dies at hospital

 New Nation
 Published: 12:00 AM, 15 August 2015

Joynal Abedin Khan :Mahbubur Rahman Gama, 40, Cultural Affairs Secretary of Dhaka (north) city unit Swechchhasebak League, succumbed to his injuries at a city hospital on Friday raising death toll to three in Badda shootout in the capital, said MA Jalil, Officer-in-Charge of Badda Police Station.Describing the incident, bullet-hit Salam said that he and four others were gossiping in front of Madhuban Bakery at Adarsha Nagar link road. Two to three criminals came and opened firing, leaving four injured.Rivalry over establishing absolute supremacy, and controlling toll collection and ‘jhut’ business had been the major reasons behind the triple murder of Madhya Badda, said police and locals.Locals said Baul Sumon, a top terror of Badda area, used to control the garment scrap business as well as toll collection in the area. Police arrested him 3-4 months back on charge of various criminal activities.Baul Sumon was associated with the local unit of Jubo League, the youth wing of ruling Awami League. Gama, Shamsu, Manik and Salam were his followers.Baul Sumon was released from jail on bail a few days ago. However, he died of stroke several days back. After his death, several rival groups were trying to take control of his den from his followers.As a sequel of the conflict, the rival groups carried out the gun attack on the followers of Baul Sumon — Shamsu, Gama, Manik and Salam — while they were gossiping in front of ‘Madhuban Bakery’ near the Water Tank at Adarsha Nagar on Thursday night, said police.Additional Police Commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police Sheikh Maruf Hasan said that motive of the killing is not clear, we hope that killers will be brought to book soon.In a press briefing at Badda police station, SM Mostak Ahmed Khan said the reason behind Thursday’s attack could not be known.”No case has been filed in this connection. Victims’ families will lodge case after burial of their bodies,” he said.Contacted, Officer-in-Charge of Badda Police Station Abdul Jalil said the rivals might have been involved in the gun attack on Sumon’s followers. “We’re yet to arrest anyone of the miscreants but trying to arrest the killers,” added the OC.Earlier on Thursday night, two AL men were shot to death and two others injured in a sudden attack of criminals in city’s Badda area, the police official said. The deceased were identified as Shamsuddin Molla and Feroz Ahmed Manik while the injured are Abdus Salam and Mahbubur Rahman Gama.Shamsuddin Molla was a leader of local ward unit Awami League and Salam and Gama are the leaders of Swechchhasebak League, said sources.