Suspects yet to be arrested
Police could not make any arrest till yesterday over the murder of Awami League leader Tipu Sheikh in Khulna.
Tipu, 50, from Padmabil, was the immediate-past general secretary of AL’s Gazirhat union unit in Dighalia, said upazila AL president Sheikh Mofidul Islam.
Locals said Tipu was attacked by unidentified people while he was returning from a market around 6pm on Friday.
He died on the way to hospital.
OC Manosh Ranjon Gosh of Dighalia Police Station said after autopsy they handed the body over to the family. He said they identified the suspects and are trying to arrest them.
Tipu was an accused in two murder cases, said the OC, adding that previous enmity might have led to the killing.
Tipu’s family said they were yet to file a case.
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