Former BCL leaders demand immediate arrest of Sohel's killers

Former leaders of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) yesterday demanded immediate arrest and punishment of those involved in the killing of former BCL central leader and Chattogram Commerce College unit's general secretary Md Mohiuddin Sohel.

The demand was made at a press conference at Dhaka Reporters Unity (DRU) auditorium in the capital. At least 30 former leaders of BCL were present at the event.

Reading out a written statement, BCL's former president Mahmud Hasan Ripon alleged that BCL central committee leader Sohel was brutally murdered through an orchestrated conspiracy. 

“The killers are also spreading propaganda. We strongly condemn this, and demand immediate arrest of and exemplary punishment for Sohel's killers,” he said.

Responding to journalists, Awami Juba League's Publication Secretary Iqbal Mahmud Bablu claimed that some locals involved in criminal activities, including land grabbing and drug trade, had targeted Sohel due to his positive role in society.

“Sohel re-organised an anti-drug social platform called 'Dishari', which was originally founded at Pahartoli, Chattogram in 1996. He stopped illegal business of a former Jamaat leader and now Jatiya Party leader Osman Khan,” said Bablu, also a former joint secretary of BCL.      

On January 7, angry traders and locals beat former education secretary of BCL central committee Md Mohiuddin Sohel, 35, to death for alleged involvement extortion at Pahartali Railway Bazar in the port city.