Stabbed Jubo Dal man dies at RMCH

A Jubo Dal activist who was stabbed by criminals on Sunday night in Kushtia died at Rajshahi Medical College Hospital early yesterday.

The deceased, Abul Khayer, 38, of Thanapara area of Gangni upazila, was the younger brother of organising secretary of BNP's Gangni municipality unit Insarul Islam alias Insu.

Khayer, an activist of Jubo Dal municipality unit, was a brick trader.

Gangni police said criminals swooped on Khayer at Olinagar when he was returning home on his motorbike.

A local gang had been demanding extortion from Khayer, said Insu. Even though. Khayer gave them some money before Eid-ul-Azha but they demanded more and threatened to kill him. A case was filed with Gangni Police Station.