Govt employee stabbed to death in BCL infighting

Firoz Ahmed

An employee of the Department of Social Services was stabbed to death because of an internal feud between two groups of Bangladesh Chhatra League in the capital's Agargaon early yesterday.

Firoz Ahmed, 25, was a BCL activist before joining government service in 2020.

Firoz and his friend Sakib Hossain were ambushed near the National Museum of Science and Technology around 3:30am.

"We are supporters of Ward-28 unit BCL president Murad Hossain. A group of BCL men led by Nazmul Hasan Talha, president of Sher-e-Bangla Nagar BCL unit, first attacked Murad's house but he fled immediately," said Sakib who is currently being treated at Dhaka Medical College Hospital.

"Around 3:00am, we helped Murad reach his home and were heading back when around 20 BCL men led by Talha attacked us, leaving both Firoz and me critically injured."

They were rushed to DMCH, where doctors declared Firoz dead around 5:00am.

Sher-e-Bangla Nagar Police Station OC Utpal Barua said they came to know that the murder took place due to a rivalry between two BCL groups .

"We have got some names of the attackers and we are trying to arrest them," he said.

Murad and Talha could not be contacted for comments.