Bomb injured Meherpur councillor dies

Councillor of Meherpur municipality Mizanur Rahman Ripon who was severely injured in a bomb attack a week ago, died at a hospital in Dhaka on Friday night.
Another councillor Abdullah Bin Hashem and three others injured in the same incident in Meherpur town on April1, are still fighting for life.
Ripon was also general secretary of Meherpur municipality unit Jubo League.
Doctors and family sources said Ripon died at the intensive care unit of Apollo Hospitals in Dhaka at about 11:00 pm.
According to police, Ripon and Hashem were at Rajdhani Store, a cosmetics shop owned by Ripon at around 9:30pm when four people came there on two motorbikes and threw two bombs at them.
Besides the councillors, three employees of the shop-- Nurul Islam, Nayan and Milon--also sustained injuries in the attack.
The injured were taken to Meherpur General Hospital where doctors sent Ripon and Nayan to Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) as their condition deteriorated.
After two days of treatment, they were shifted to Apollo Hospitals in Dhaka.
Nayan is still at the Apollo Hospitals, while councillor Hashem, Nurul and Milon are being treated at different hospitals.
Meanwhile, police are yet to find any clue to the bomb attack.
A case was filed with Meherpur Sadar police station on April 2. Abdul Halim, father of Councillor Mizanur Rahman Ripon filed the case.
The accused in the case are president of Meherpur district Awami League (AL) Golam Rasul, general secretary Kazi Miajan Ali, the incumbent mayor of the municipality Mutasim Billah Motu and general secretary of district unit Jubo League Abdullah Al Mamun Bipul.
Police arrested Bipul and another activist of the same unit Abdul Momin soon after the incident.
Later the complainant, however, withdrew the name of Golam Rasul and Kazi Miajan Ali from the case on April 3.
Police interrogated Bipul placing him on three days remand.
Contacted, sub-inspector (SI) Sabur of Meherpur Sadar police station, also investigation officer (IO) of the case, said a feud between Mizanur Rahman Ripon and Abdullah Al Mamun Bipul over borrowing money might be the reason behind the attack.
Bipul borrowed Tk20 lakh from Ripon years ago while they were partners of a construction work, he added.