12th grader stabbed dead
A college student was stabbed to death centring a trivial matter on Sunday.
The deceased, Md Rakibul Hasan Hridoy, 19, son of Mosharaf Hossain of Thanthania area in the town, was a XII grade student at Government Shah Sultan College, Bogura.
Koigari Police Outpost Inspector Horidas Mondal said Maruf Morshed Proloy and his four to five accomplices stabbed Hridoy.
Hridoy's classmate Nasim Ahmed Nayan, 18, said they had an altercation with Proloy and his friends over Nasim smoking a cigarette in front of them. At one stage, Proloy stabbed Hridoy.
Locals took Hridoy to Bogura Shaheed Ziaur Rahman Medical College Hospital. His family members were taking him to Dhaka when his condition worsened, but he died on the way.
Shajahanpur Police Station OC Zia Latiful Islam said Hridoy's father filed a murder case the same night against three named and two unnamed people, adding that they have arrested Talha,17, son of Nazrul Islam of Koigari in Fultala under Shajahanpur upazila.
Main accused Proloy, 24, is son of Faruk Morshed of Bonani.
Once a Chhatra League activist, Proloy recently joined Swechchhasebak League, said district Swechchhasebak League Secretary Zulfikar Islam Shanto.
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