2 hacked to death at Ctg `shrine`

Staff Reporter :Two persons were hacked to death by miscreants at a so-called shrine in Sher Shah Bangla Bazar under Bayezid Police Station in Chittagong on Friday afternoon.The victims have been identified as Rahmatullah alias Nengta Fakir, 52, a so-called fakir, and his follower Abdul Quader, 25, custodian of the shrine, police said. Another man named Monir, 25, was also injured when the criminals exploded a bomb while fleeing.Quoting the locals, Paritosh Ghosh, Deputy Commissioner of Chittagong Metropolitan Police (CMP), said that the miscreants stormed into the den of Rahmatullah at Sher Shah Bangla Bazar around 2:00pm.The attackers chopped Rahmatullah and Quader indiscriminately with sharp weapons, leaving them dead on the spot, the police official said. When local people chased them, a number of cocktails were blasted. As a result three persons were injured, he said.Police are yet to confirm the motive behind the killings, the DC said.Efforts are on to arrest the miscreants in this regard, he said.Monir was admitted to Chittagong Medical College and Hospital (CMCH), said ASI Pankaj Barua of the CMCH Police Outpost.