Chhatra League leader killed in front of his house in Bhola

❐ Local correspondent

Police have recovered the bloody body of Bangladesh Chhatra League senior vice-president Md. Saifullah Arif (30) from in front of his house in Bhola, Bhola Sadar Upazila.

The body was recovered from in front of his house on the west side of Masjid-e-Nabawi on Kalibari Road, Ward No. 3 of Sadar Municipality at around 8:45 am today, Saturday, August 30.

Chhatra League leader Arif is a resident of the area and is the son of Md. Bashir Uddin Master.

Bhola Sadar Model Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Shankar Talukder confirmed the murder.

Police said that sometime during the night, miscreants called him from his house and beat him to death with a machete and hammer.

The deceased’s father, Bashir Uddin Master, complained, “Arif was sleeping in his room at night. In the morning, I came out of the house to offer Fajr prayers and saw my son’s bloody body lying in front of the gate of the house. Arif is my only son. Who or what hacked the boy to death, I want justice.”

Rabeya Basri, the victim’s mother, said, “Arif told me at around 1 am that he was not feeling well, please give him some water.” After I gave him water, he drank it and lay down in his room. In the morning, when I heard his father’s screams, I went out of the house and saw Arif’s body lying in front of the house.

Upon receiving the news, the Bhola Sadar Model Police Station went to inspect the body and sent it to the morgue for autopsy. Initially, the family and the police could not reveal the reason for the murder. It is also not known why Arif came out of the house at night.

Neighbors of Arif, a textile engineer by profession, said that Arif had a good relationship with everyone. He had no conflict with anyone. Terrorists from BNP and Jamaat-Shibir may have killed him for political reasons.

OC Shankar Talukder said, “On receiving the information, the body was recovered from the scene and brought to Bhola Sadar Hospital. The post-mortem report found injury marks on the head and body of the deceased. Since there are injury marks, it could be a murder. An investigation is underway into the matter. Legal action will be taken based on the complaint.”