Jubo League leader among 46 sued

A local Jubo League leader is among 46 people sued on Tuesday night for the murder of two siblings in Sitakunda upazila the night before.

However, police could not arrest anyone yet.

On Monday, miscreants stabbed to death local Jubo League leader Ramjan Ali Khokon and his younger brother Srijan, 16, in Borodarogarhat area of Sitakunda. They came under attack while on their way back home after attending a mourning rally for Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.

Ramjan was a Jubo League leader of Baraiyardhala union of the upazila.

The victims' elder brother Mohammed Selim filed a murder case naming 34 persons including Baraiyardhala union Jubo League President Saidul Islam and 12 unidentified others with Sitakunda Police Station, said Officer-in-Charge (OC) Iftekhar Hasan.

According to locals and police, Ramjan and key accused Saidul were friends, but they grew enmity with each other later over political allegiance.

Locals said that during the last Union Parishad (UP) election, Ramjan supported incumbent chairman of Baraiyardhala union Raihan Uddin, while Saidul was a rival of the chairman over getting nomination ahead of the election.

The rivalry of Ramjan and Saidul grew bitter when the former started to become popular among the local Jubo League men, they said.

Talking to The Daily Star, UP Chairman Raihan said, “Ramjan and Saidul were close friends before the last UP election, and later a gap developed between them.”

The UP chairman said the murder might have taken place as Ramjan was gaining dominance and becoming popular among Jubo League and Awami League men.

OC Iftekhar said police were investigating the case.