AL leader hacked to death

Miscreants hacked Kamdia union Awami League leader Rabiul Islam, 40, to death at Gabindaganj upazila of Gaibandha on early Monday.

Gaibandha police officials said that Rabiul, general secretary of Kamdia union Ward 8 Awami League unit, was returning home from Ghoraghat market about 10:00pm on Sunday. Miscreants hacked him as he neared Koilatikar area.

The miscreants fled the spot as local people came to his rescue.

Rabiul was taken to Rangpur Medical College Hospital in critical condition. He died while undergoing treatment there early on Monday.
Police sent the body to Gaibandha Sadar Hospital on Monday afternoon.

Gaibandha police officer-in-charge Jahidul Islam said that there were several injury marks in the body.

Primarily it is suspected that the murder occurred centring a dispute between Rabiul and his neighbour over the ownership of a pond.