Popularity cost Swapna her life
Swapna Akhter, woman affairs secretary of Nabinagar Awami League, was killed by her political rivals because of her popularity, her family has claimed.
Amir Hossain, her younger brother, said the 38-year-old woman had "issues" with a number of "locals over AL politics".
A group of unidentified assailants shot Swapna in the left eye near Bangara Government Primary School around 9:30pm on Wednesday. Doctors of Nabinagar Upazila Health Complex declared her dead after she was rushed there.
Amir filed a murder case against unidentified people with Nabinagar Police Station in Brahmanbaria later that night.
Talking to The Daily Star yesterday, Swapna's husband Gias Uddin said some Chhatra League and Jubo League men were involved in her wife's murder.
He said Swapna had been having some conflicts with local "political activists" since the last union parishad elections on March 31, last year.
"She was very popular among locals because of her voluntary works. It seems she was killed as they thought her popularity could turn costly for them."
Mizanur Rahman, superintendent of police in Brahmanbaria, said they were investigating the case taking into consideration various "clues" that included local politics and feud over a committee of a local market.
Police yesterday detained a CNG-run auto rickshaw driver for interrogation. Nabinagar Police Station OC Aslam Sikdar, however, said they didn't get any important information from him.
Swapna was buried at her village graveyard in Charpara yesterday.
Her autopsy was conducted at Brahmanbaria Sadar Hospital. A bullet was found in her left eye. There was no other injury mark in the body, said hospital sources.
Nabinagar AL announced a three-day mourning programme from yesterday over Swapna's death.
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