Threat to kill two women

Hired goons have threatened to kill wife and daughter of slain journalist Shamsur Rahman over a piece of disputed land in the district town. Selina Akter Lucky, wife of Shamsur Rahman, filed a general diary (GD) with Kotwali police station in this regard on Sunday night. According to the GD, one Shohag, son of Yousuf Ali of Shalkona village in Sharsha upazila, threatened to kill Lucky and her daughter Prinoti over cell phone. Shohag, also the main accused in a murder case, is a fugitive, said Sharsha police. On July 16, 2000, Shamsur Rahman, Jessore bureau chief of Dainik Janakantha, was shot dead at his office.