Two people, including an Imam of a mosque, were killed in separate incidents in Barisal on Friday and Thursday night.
Hafez Parvez Mahmud, 31, was the Imam of the Uttar Dhamura Jam-e-Masjid. He was originally a resident of Dhamura village in Uzirpur.
He was killed allegedly by some drug addicts, police said.
Officer-in-charge of Uzirpur police station Anwar Hossain said they had recovered the body from a Khanqah, a place for spiritual gathering, of Maijbhandari (a school of thought of Sufism, based on the holy Qur’an and Sunnah) on Thursday night, reports UNB.
The OC said Hafez used to raise his voice against drug abuse, peddling and immoral activities. He used to speak against the vice in his sermons. Aggrieved by his active role against drug abuse, a group of peddlers strangulated him to death at the Khanqah, Anwar suspected.
Abdullah, brother of the Imam, lodged a murder case accusing Mithun Mia, a local drug addict and a follower of Maijbhandari, in this connection.
Police sent the body to Barisal Sher-e-Bangla Medical College Hospital morgue for post mortem. Meanwhile, Barisal Airport police recovered the body of a night guard of a fish enclosure from a ditch in Sona Miar Pol area in the city about 11:30am on Friday.
Shahidullah, in-charge of Airport police station, said the victim was Sumon Nath, 29, night guard of the fish enclosure.
Police filed an unnatural death case with the police station and sent the body to the Barisal Sher-e-Bangla Medical College Hospital for autopsy.
