News Desk :
A local union parishad chairman candidate and one of his close aides returning home on a bike were allegedly waylaid and killed by assailants in Natghar village of Nabinagar upazila in Brahmanbaria late on Friday.
The deceased were identified as Ershad, 30, son of the incumbent Natghar UP Chairman Abul Kashem, and Badal Sarkar, 25, son of Santosh Sarkar of the village. Ershad was supposed to contest the local UP election, reports UNB.
Molla Mohammad Shaheen, additional superintendent of Brahmanbaria police, told UNB on Saturday that the two young men were returning to their homes on Friday night after attending a program when they were stopped by the assailants.
“Following a heated exchange of words, the assailants whiffed out guns and shot the duo, leaving Badal dead on the spot and Ershad critically injured. Ershad succumbed to his injuries on the way to Dhaka for treatment,” the police officer said.
“Efforts are on to arrest the perpetrators. The motive behind the killings is not clear yet,” the additional SP said.bdnews24.com adds: Police have arrested a man in connection with the killing of two people, including the son of a union council chairman, in Brahmanbaria’s Nabinagar Upazila.
The law enforcers detained the 30-year-old suspect for interrogation at 5:30 am on Saturday and recovered four rounds of ammunition from the scene, said Nabinagar Police Station chief Aminur Rashid.
However, police refused to disclose the identity of the arrestee to the media.
A case will be filed over the murder of 35-year-old Ershadul Haque, the son of Natghar union council Chairman Abul Kashem, and 25-year-old Badal Sarkar, according to Aminur.
Ershadul was supposed to run in the upcoming election due to his father’s illness.
He and his aide Badal went to a religious gathering in the market area of Kurighar Village on a motorcycle on Friday, said Mollah Mohammad Shaheen, Brahmanbaria additional superintendent of police (administration and crime).
“They were returning home when miscreants fired on them. Badal died on the spot while Ershadul was injured.”
Locals rescued Ershadul and took him to Brahmanbaria Sadar Hospital, where doctors told them he should be taken to Dhaka for advanced treatment, he said.
Additional police personnel have been deployed in the area after the incident, Shaheen said.
