An activist of District Juba league was hacked to death in Chayani-Tagba area under Chatkhil Municipality yesterday morning.
The deceased was identified as Tarek Hossain Swapan, 25, son of Siddiq Ullah of Jamader Bari under the same area.
“Tarek was sleeping in his room at about 11 am,” officer-in-charge of Chatkhil Police Station Md Nasim Uddin said, adding that Robin and his associates numbering four to five entered the room and chopped Tarek indiscriminately, leaving him seriously injured.
Hearing the screams of Tarek, the inmates of the house rushed to the spot and took him to Chatkhil Upazila Health Complex where the duty doctor declared him dead.
Being informed, police recovered the body and sent it to Noakhali 250-bed hospital for autopsy.
Siddiq Ullah, father of the victim, filed a case accusing Robin and his five associates.
Md Tarek, convener of the District Jubo-league, confirmed that Tarek Hossain Swapan was an active activist of their party.
