A Jamaat-e-Islami activist died of cardiac arrest while participating in a procession at Shyamnagar in Satkhira on Friday. The deceased was Shafiqul Islam, 40.
Sagir Mia, officer-in-charge of Shyamnagar police station, confirmed the reason of Shafiqul’s death.
However, Kashimpur union Jamaat Ameer Shahidul islam claimed that Shafiqul died in an attack by the Kashimadi unit ruling Awami League cadres.
Shyamnagar upazila Awami League President SM Jaglul Haider denied the allegation. There was no Awami League leader at Kashimadi, he said.
Jamaat-Shibir men attacked houses and shops owned by AL leaders and workers, Jaglul claimed.