Ansar member shot dead in Jashore

A member of Bangladesh Ansar and VDP was shot dead by a group of unidentified criminals in Hashimpur Bazar area of Jashore’s Sadar upazila around 8:00am yesterday.  

The dead is Hossain Ali Tarafdar, 55, a sepoy of Bangladesh Ansar and VDP.  

Moinul Haque, superintendent of Jashore police, said they were suspecting previous enmity to be the reason behind the murder.  

The victim’s sister Sharifa Begum said Hossain was posted in Dhaka’s Mirpur area and recently went to Jashore to visit his village home.  

Hossain was shot and killed when he was going to a relative’s house, she added.  

According to locals, Hossain used to be a member of Lal Pataka Bahini, a banned extremist group. In 1999, he returned to normal life by surrendering his weapons under general amnesty. He was then recruited by Bangladesh Ansar and VDP.  

SP Moinul said they would bring the culprits to books.  

The body was sent to Jashore General Hospital for autopsy.  

A murder case was filed with Jashore Kotwali police station in this connection.