A suspect under police custody claimed that he alone murdered Awami League activist Hasinur Rahman, 52, cousin of Kushtia 1 (Daulatpur) MP AKM Sarwar Jahan, as revenge.
After the murder incident in Filipnagar village in Kushtia's Daulatpur on Saturday morning, Mojibur Rahman Boyati - the suspect - shouted in front of locals and repeatedly kept saying "avenged my son's death."
Nishikanto Roy, officer-in-charge of Daulatpur police station, on Saturday said from interrogating Mojibur, all they could tell that the murder was committed over previous enimity. "The incident is still under investigation. We can determine the reason behind the murder after that."
In 2019, Mojibur's 15-year-old son Anwar was stabbed to death over a trifling matter, and shortly after the incident Mojibur lodged a case against a few at Daulatpur police station over the murder, found this correspondent after talking to locals.
According to police and locals Hasinur was active in Awami League politics for a long time and, on MP Sarwar's behalf, Hasinur was the in-charge of organizing party activities in Daulatpur.
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Sources from police seeking anonymity said, as the individulas accused of the murder of Mojibur's son and Mojibur himself are supporters of Awami League, Hasinur had been trying very hard to settle the matter.
Hasinur put pressure on Mojibur to settle the murder and meetings were arranged twice with Mojibur and the accused in this regard.
Due to this Mojibur was very angry at Hasinur and killed him brutally upon getting the chance, sources said.
Following the murder, MP Sarwar rushed to his area and asked the law enforcers to see if there is any other reason behind Hasinur's murder.
A number of locals seeking anonymity said Hasinur was the leaseholder of the Padma River bank that falls under Filipnagar village. A fraction of local influentials have been sand lifting from the same area.
About a week ago Hasinur and his followers held a press conference against illegal sand lifting and Awami League has been divided into fractions in Daulatpur over establishing supremacy, added the locals.
Kushtia Superintendent of Police (SP) SM Tanvir Arafat said police already held a suspect in connection to Hasinur’s murder and he could make a comment regarding the matter after the investigation is over.
