‘Killed for not giving Salam’
They were all aged between 16 and 17 -- members of a teen gang named "Bandage Group" in Mugda. To establish dominance in the area, they often fought over trivial issues.
On Friday evening, eight to ten members of the gang called one of its members Hasan Mia (17), a printing press employee at Paltan, out of his home in Manda area and hacked him indiscriminately for not giving "Salam" to a senior member of the gang, said police. He later died at Dhaka Medical College Hospital.
According to the Detective Branch of police, at least 15-20 murders take place in Dhaka every month while teen gangs are surfacing again.
"Members of this gang killed Hasan over a 'senior-junior' conflict. It started for not giving 'Salam' to a leader of a group," said Mahbub Alam, joint commissioner (detective branch) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police, at a press briefing at DMP Media Centre yesterday.
A day after the killing, DB arrested seven members of the group, including its leader, from Mugda area on Saturday.
Hailing from Debidwar of Cumilla, Hasan, third among his four siblings, used to live in Mugda with his family.
His brother Habib said a conflict was going on for the last few days among Hasan and some others. On Friday, they called Hasan to resolve the issue, but killed him instead, he said.
DB official Mahbub Alam said, "Parents need to be more careful about their children. Also, residents and beat police officials concerned have to remain alert in this regard."
Asked, the official said, action would be taken against those who are found to be involved in inciting these gangs, even if they are leaders of political parties.
Meanwhile, a group of "drug peddlers" allegedly stabbed police informer Zakir Hossain to death and left another critically injured at Kadamtali in Dhaka on last Wednesday.
Detectives arrested seven people from the area in connection with it on Sunday.
The arrestees are -- Md Sukkur (27), Nurul Islam Swapan (25), Ratan (23), Shafiqur Rahman Dipu (30), Fahim Hasan Tanvir (19), Tariqul Islam Tarek (29) and Masud Parvez (23).
They were already accused in different cases, said Abdul Ahad, deputy commissioner (Wari) of DB. He said the arrestees were involved in criminal activities in Jurain and Kadamtali areas.
According to police, they were drug dealers and killed Zakir and injured one Mujibur Rahman to continue their business uninterruptedly.
The families of the victims, however, alleged that the two were attacked as they were police informers.
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