Awami League leader hacked to death in Jessore tea Stall

❐ Local correspondent

An Awami League leader named Ashraful Islam (40) was brutally hacked to death in Monirampur, Jessore. Another person who was with him was seriously injured while trying to save him.

The incident took place in front of a tea shop in front of the Habi Chira Mill in Rajganj Bazar of the upazila on Saturday, August 30, around 9 pm.

The deceased Awami League leader Ashraful Islam was the son of Azahar Ali Master of Mobarakpur village in Chaluhati union of the upazila.

He was the general secretary of the Awami League in Mobarakpur Ward No. 1 of Ashraful Union. He also worked at a bus counter called Simanto Paribahan.

Witnesses said that Ashraful was sitting in front of the shop talking to his friend Tarek Gazi at the time. Suddenly, three terrorists on a motorcycle arrived there, entered the shop and attacked Ashraful. He died on the spot after being hit several times in the chest with a sharp weapon. Tarek Gazi (30) was injured while trying to save him.

The injured Tarek Gazi, son of Abdul Barik Gazi of the same village, has been admitted to the 250-bed Jessore General Hospital in a seriously injured condition.

Upon receiving the information, the police went to the scene and recovered the body of Ashraful Islam.

Immediately after the incident, panic prevailed in the area. Traders closed their shops in the market out of fear.

Bablur Rahman Khan, officer-in-charge of Monirampur Police Station, said the murder could have been committed due to past enmity or political conflict. An investigation into the incident is underway. A drive is underway to arrest those involved.

The body has been recovered and sent to the morgue of the 250-bed Jessore General Hospital for autopsy. He said legal proceedings are underway in the incident.

Although the police could not identify anyone, locals said that Jamaat-BNP terrorists brutally hacked and killed this popular Awami League leader.