An activist of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL), the student front of the Bangladesh Awami League, was killed in an attack by rival group at Sylhet International University on Tuesday.
The deceased was Kazi Habib, 23, son of Kazi Siddiqur Rahman of Ranigaon village at Brahmanpara upazila of Comilla district. He was also the fourth year student of Business Administration department at the university.
Witnesses said some activists of his rival group led by Hossain Ahmed Sagor and Shohel stabbed Habib on the campus in city’s Shamimabad area in the afternoon, leaving him critically injured. Later, the students on the campus took him to Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College and Hospital. He was later shifted to Mount Adora Hospital where he died around 11pm.
On receiving information, police went to the spot and recovered the body.
The body was handed over to the family members after autopsy yesterday morning, said Shohel Ahmed, officer-in-charge of Kotwali police station.
Kazi Zakir Hossain, brother of the victim, filed a case with the police station accusing 25 people in this connection.
Abdul Alim Tushar, secretary of the city unit BCL, said Habib had been killed over BCL factional conflict. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, also ruling Awami League President, is set to visit Sylhet today. The murder took place just two days before her visit.
