Euro Bangla Desk
A former Jubo League leader named Ikhlas Gazi (50) was killed in an ambush by a miscreant in Bagerhat’s Rampal. The incident took place in front of a tea shop in the Rampal bus stand area around 11 am on Sunday (May 31).
Deceased Ikhlas Gazi was the former vice president of Jubo League of Sadar Union of Rampal Upazila. He is a resident of Animal Hospital Mor area of the upazila.
According to eyewitness tea shopkeeper Humayun and local sources, Ikhlas Gazi was sitting in that tea shop around 11 am. After some time, Mahbub Rahman Sikder, a resident of Srifaltala village, came there and started abusing Ikhlas in unspeakable language. At one point, he ambushed Ikhlas and kept killing him. Ikhlas Gazi was seriously injured and fell on the ground.Later the local residents rescued him with serious injuries and rushed him to Rampal Upazila Health Complex where the doctor on duty declared him dead. However, it was not immediately known why Mahbubur Rahman Sikder attacked him like this.
After this murder, there was intense tension and excitement in the whole area. The family of the deceased and the local residents strongly demanded that Mahbubur Rahman Sikder and others involved in this incident be arrested and brought under the law.
Subrata Biswas, Officer-in-Charge (Investigation) of Rampal Police Station, said that the police are taking the incident very seriously. On receiving information, the body was recovered and a preliminary postmortem report was prepared and sent to Bagerhat Sadar Hospital Morgue for post-mortem.He also said that a murder case is being registered in this incident and a special police operation has been launched to identify and arrest the accused involved in the attack.
