An Awami League leader, who was allegedly hacked by a group of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) activists in Monohorganj upazila on June 29 last, succumbed to his injuries at a hospital in Tongi of Gazipur district yesterday.
The deceased was identified as Yakub Ali, former general secretary of Keari village unit of AL in Monohorganj upazila and son of late Bazlur Rahman of the village.
Police, quoting locals, said an altercation took place between BCL activists Harunur Rashid Babu and Selim Mian at Keari village of Baishgaon union parishad in the upazila in the afternoon on June 29 over buying cucumber.
Following the incident, about 8-10 BCL activists led by its Keari village unit leader Faruque, launched an attack on the houses of Babu’ s father Selim Mian and his relatives in the village.
As Selim Mian’s brother Yakub Ali, and his uncle Fazlur Rahman, tried to resist the attackers, they hacked them indiscriminately with sharp weapons, leaving them seriously injured.
