The general secretary of Ramna Thana unit of Swechchhasebak League, the volunteer wing of the ruling Awami League, has been hacked to death by unidentified criminals in the capital’s Moghbazar last night.
The victim, Mahbubur Rahman Rana, 32, was attacked by a gang in front of a mosque at Moghbazar intersection around 7:00pm.
The criminals first created a panic in the area by exploding several bombs, after hacking Rana with sharp weapons they fled the scene whilst firing blanks.
Locals rushed him to Dhaka Medical College and Hospital, where doctors declared him dead at around 7:30pm.
The attack was carried out very quickly by the criminals, said the witnesses.
Md Mithu, younger brother of Rana, told the Dhaka Tribune Tanvir, another leader of the same organization, had allegedly led the killing.
Locals said that sharing of the income from the cable business and extortion in garments industries had led the killing alongside the drugs business.
Meanwhile, Ramna Police Station Officer-In-Charge Mashiur Rahman confirmed the death and said police were now trying to ascertain the reason behind the killing, and arrest the killers.
Police also said they recovered a sharp weapon and two unexploded bombs at the scene after the killers left.
Rana, a former Chhatra League leader and resident of Chairman Goli of Moghbazar, was involved with underground politics, said local and police sources.
Police and locals suspect the killing might be a result of an intra-party feud over control of the area.
