Bogra, July 24 (UNB)-A newly- elected union parishad chairman, who received injuries in a gun attack at Atbaria village in Gabtoli upazila 14 days back, succumbed to his injuries at a private clinic in the district town on Saturday night. The deceased was identified as Tarajul Islam,40, son of Jasmat Ullah Mollah of the village and the newly-elected chairman of Sonara union of the upazila. Family sources said an unidentified young man through his window had asked Tarajul to rise from bed early in the morning on July 9. Just as Tarajul moved to leave bed, the young man opened fire on him, leaving him critically injured in the head. He was admitted to Bogra Shaheed Ziaur Rahman Medical College Hospital. As his condition deteriorated, he was shifted to Khawja Enayetpur Medical College Hospital and later to Square Hospital in Dhaka. As his condition did not improve even after an operation at Square Hospital, he was brought back to a private clinic in Bogra district town where he was on life support and succumbed to his injuries around 10pm. Gabtoli Police Station sources said Tarajul might have been killed over political rivalry. Police also arrested a man after the victim’s wife filed a case.
