Schoolteacher, college student murdered

A schoolteacher and a college student were murdered at Shikarpur village under Uzirpur upazila of Barisal and in Rangpur city on Friday night.

The victims are Bipul Chakraborty, 57, an assistant teacher of Uzirpur Board Institution, and Dukhu Main, 20, a second year student of Rangpur Government College.

Quoting family members, our Barisal correspondent reported that Bipul came under attack by an unidentified gang while he was returning home from Shikarpur Tara Mandir at around 7:30pm. They gang hacked Bipul with sharp weapons and left the scene 

Police said locals rushed him to Uzirpur Upazila Health Complex where he died at around 8:30pm.

Bipul's nephew Asim Chakraborty said his uncle had a dispute with some locals over a land at Shikarpur village and he might have been killed as a sequel to that dispute.

Police recovering body yesterday morning and sent it to Barisal Sher-e- Bangla Medical College Hospital for autopsy. No case was lodged with the police station concerned as of 5:00pm yesterday.

In Rangpur, college student Dukhu Main, 20, son of Shafiqul Islam of Bahar Kachna area, was murdered by unknown criminals on the same night.

Our Rangpur correspondent quoted family members as saying that Dukhu went missing when he went to Bahar Kachna Bazar on Friday evening.

Locals found Dukhu's body hanging from a tree behind a warehouse in the area yesterday morning and informed the police.

Police went to the spot, recovered the body and sent to Rangpur Medical College Hospital morgue for autopsy.

Md Abdul Qader Jilani, Officer-in-Charge of Rangpur Kotwali Police Station said the body bore several injury marks.

Police said they are trying to unearth clue to the murder. No one was arrested in connection with the murder as of 6:00pm yesterday.