Hawkers’ leader stabbed to death
Police arrested two persons after a group of criminals stabbed a local hawkers’ leader to death and injured another in port city’s Shershah area on Tuesday night.
The arrestees are Md Momin (32) and Showkat (34), said police. The deceased Md Ripon (28) was Jalalabad Hawkers Samiti’s general secretary.
The injured Al Amin (32), who is Ripon’s friend, is undergoing treatment at Chattogram Medical College Hospital.
Officer-in-Charge (OC) Priton Sarkar of Bayezid Bostami Police Station said criminals swooped on the two while they were returning from a programme and started beating them around 10:30pm.
At one point, criminals stabbed the two, the OC said. Locals rushed them to CMCH where the doctors declared Ripon dead.
Police reviewed CCTV footage of the area, and about half an hour later, arrested the two from the spot, he said.
OC Priton said police suspect the incident took place due to previous enmity, and they are trying to arrest the others.
Police and locals said Shershah is home to many local businesses and violent incidents are not unusual as different groups try to establish supremacy there.
Ripon’s body was sent to CMCH morgue for autopsy, and a case was lodged by his brother, said the OC.
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