Jubo League men kill BCL activist Jubo League men kill BCL activist

An activist of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) was stabbed to death and two others were injured allegedly by a group of local Jubo League men in Bogra town yesterday.

The deceased, Ibrahim Hossain Sabuj, 23, a master's final year student of Government Azizul Haque College, was an activist of the college unit of BCL and used to live at a student mess in the town.

The injured, Shiblu Mia, 21, and Bappi Mia, 32, were admitted to Bogra Shaheed Ziaur Rahman Medical College Hospital (SZMCH).

Quoting locals, police said Sabuj slapped a rickshaw puller following an altercation over the fare in Fulbari area around 1:00pm.


Agitating BCL men take to the street at Satmatha intersection in Bogra town. Photo: Star

When a local youth protested the incident Sabuj engaged in a scuffle with him.

Hearing the news, a group led by Nuru Mia, an activist of the ward unit of Jubo League, went to the spot and stabbed three people including Sabuj with a knife.

Locals rescued the injured trio and took them to SZMCH where the doctors declared Sabuj dead.

Protesting the killing and demanding arrest of the killers, local BCL men vandalised several establishments and torched a motorbike before putting up a barricade at Satmatha intersection for an hour.

Bogra Senior Assistant Superintendent of Police Gaziur Rahman said the agitators removed the barricades after police assured them of taking action against the culprits.