A leader of Juba League, a youth wing of Awami League’s (AL), was reportedly beaten to death over a trifling matter in Sonargaon upazila of Narayanganj on Thursday afternoon.
The deceased Nazul Islam Bhuiyan, 40, was an assistant secretary of Noagaon union unit of the Juba League under the upazila and also son of late Shafed Ali Bhuiyan.
Quoting Asma Aktar, wife of the victim, Sub-inspector of Taltala police outpost under Sonargaon police station said an altercation broke out between Nazrul and an auto-rickshaw driver Jakir Hossain and lineman Daiyan Miah, after he got off the vehicle despite waiting for a long time as the rickshaw was not leaving the stand without fulfilling it with passengers.
At one stage, lineman Daiyan beat up Nazurl with his stick while driver Jakir accompanied by other drivers, leaving him injured critically.
Nazrul was rushed to Araihazar Upazila Health Complex where physicians declared him dead upon arrival, he added.
Officer-in-Charge of Araihazar police station’s Ahsan Ullah said being informed they recovered the body from the upazila health complex.
