Criminals kill trader in Rangamati
Criminals strangled a trader of Burighat Bazar in Naniarchar upazila of the district on Wednesday night.
The deceased, Babul Dey, 50, was also the president of Burighat Temple Committee. He hailed from Rangunia upazila of Chittagong.
Locals said a gang of criminals came to the bazar at around 9:00pm and picked up Babul Dey, Uttam Talukder and Mridul Dey from there.
The gang took the three to a jungle in Amtoli area, about one kilometre away from the bazar, and released Uttam and Mridul at midnight.
Being informed by Uttam and Mridul, army personnel of Naniachar Zone launched a drive and recovered Babul's body from a jungle in Monkholamukh area of the upazila at around 9:00am yesterday, said police.
Rangamati Puja Udjapan Parisad brought out a procession and held a rally in Rangamati town yesterday, protesting the killing of Babul Dey.
The protesters gave a 24-hour ultimatum to local administration to arrest the killers. Otherwise, they threatened to launch a tougher agitation programme in the district.
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