BCL leader murdered

Criminals hacked to death the president of Sariakandi municipality unit committee Chhatra League at Public Mat near press club in the town on Wednesday night. The deceased is Bijoy Rahman Babu, 25, son of Nuru Mia of Dhap (Baluahata) area of the municipality. Officer in-charge (OC) of Sariakandi PS Faisul Islam told this correspondent that the victim was hacked at 7:30pm. He was rushed to the Shaheed Ziaur Rahman Medical College and Hospital (SZMCH) where he died at around 8:30pm the same day. The cause of his killing could not be known immediately, police said.