UNB, Jessore :
An Awami League activist was slaughtered in Jhikargachha upazila of the district on Thursday night.
The deceased was identified as Humayun Kabir, a local activist of the ruling party and son of Abdul Aziz of Karimali Kundipur village in the upazila.
Police said, a gang of miscreants pounced on Humayun in Panchpota area around 10pm while he was returning home from Battala in a bicycle. The attackers then hacked him indiscriminately with sharp weapons and left the spot after slaughtering him, said officer-in-charge of Jhikargachha Police Station Mamunur Rashid.
Police recovered the body on Friday morning and sent it to Jessore Medical College Hospital for autopsy.
Humayun might have been killed over business-related enmity, the OC said, adding that they detained one Babul Hossain in this connection.
An Awami League activist was slaughtered in Jhikargachha upazila of the district on Thursday night.
The deceased was identified as Humayun Kabir, a local activist of the ruling party and son of Abdul Aziz of Karimali Kundipur village in the upazila.
Police said, a gang of miscreants pounced on Humayun in Panchpota area around 10pm while he was returning home from Battala in a bicycle. The attackers then hacked him indiscriminately with sharp weapons and left the spot after slaughtering him, said officer-in-charge of Jhikargachha Police Station Mamunur Rashid.
Police recovered the body on Friday morning and sent it to Jessore Medical College Hospital for autopsy.
Humayun might have been killed over business-related enmity, the OC said, adding that they detained one Babul Hossain in this connection.
