Ex-UP member killed
Criminals stabbed a former union parishad (UP) member to death yesterday allegedly over previous enmity in Sadar upazila.
The deceased, Siddiqur Rahman Khaliph, 55, son of late Kashem Ali of Dakkhin Shankarpasha village, was a former member of Shankarpasha UP.
Quoting an eyewitness, Shahidul Islam, one of the relatives of slain victim, said Siddiqur, also a layer's assistant, was going to Pirojpur court by a rickshaw around 8:00am. When he reached near Raribari area five youths, riding two motorbikes, waylaid the rickshaw and started stabbing him indiscriminately with sharp weapons.
They also shot him in the foot, before fleeing the spot.
Later, locals and relatives rescued Siddiqur and took him to Pirojpur Sadar Hospital, where the doctors declared him dead.
Pirojpur Superintendent of Police Hayatul Islam Khan said slain Siddiqur had enmities with locals and relatives over property related and other issues.
They were trying to arrest the killers and find the motive behind the murder, added the SP.
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