A local leader of the ruling Awami League’s voluntary organisation Swechasebak League was allegedly hacked to death by his rivals over establishing supremacy and political conflict in Sadar upazila of Jashore on Thursday night.
The deceased Jillur Rahman Shimul was general secretary of Churamonkati union unit of the Swechasebak League and son of former union parishad member Mokleshur Rahman.
He was also serving as guardian member of Aambouttala High School Managing Committee.
Locals said Shimul had an altercation with his rivals Bulbul, Billal, Nayeem, Sohrab and others for not having a headlight of his motorbike at night two days back. Later the opponents threatened him to take revenge.
Some miscreants obstructed his way when he was walking alone in Govila village around 8:15 pm and stabbed him with sharp weapons, leaving him critically injured.
Hearing screams, locals rushed to the spot and took him to 250-bed General Hospital where physicians declared him dead, they said.
Dr Saifur Rahman, medical officer of the hospital, said excessive bleeding might be the cause of the death.
Echoing locals, the victim’s wife Nasima Khatun also held Bulbul, Nayeem and others responsible for the killing.
Kotwali police station Officer-in-Charge Abudur Razzak said, “It is now impossible to say anything why the killing occurred.”
Several teams of police were engaged in identifying the accused involved with the murder, he said.
