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MURDER-BOGURA
Miscreants kill Bogura BNP leader
BOGURA, April 15, 2019 (BSS) – Unknown assailants stabbed to death a leader of Transport Owners’ association and also a local BNP leader at downtown market here last night, police and witnesses said.
Additional Police Super of Bogura district Sanatan Chakrabarti told BSS that a transport businessman and Bogura upazila unit of BNP general secretary Advocate Mahbub Alam Shahin, 55, was killed as a sequel of previous enmity.
He said a gang of five to seven indiscriminately swooped on him with sharp weapons while he was talking over phone in front of Nishindara Housing Estate area of the town at about 11 pm yesterday.
With fatal stab-injuries, Shahin was rushed to Shaheed Ziaur Rahman Medical College and Hospital where doctors declared him dead.
Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Bogura police station said police started investigation into the killing. Details couldn’t be known immediately.
Meanwhile, talking to BSS, deceased’s wife Akhter Jahan Shilpi said her husband was facing problems over their transport business.
Hailing from Dharampur area of Bogra sadar, Shahin was former general secretary of Bogura Minibus Owners’ Samity and also members of Bogura Motor Owners group, Bogura Bar Association and Jatiyabadi Lawyers’ Forum.
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