Protest over killing of JL man halt traffic in city

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Staff Reporter :
The ruling Awami League (AL) leaders and activists demonstrated in capital’s Nadda area on Monday demanding punishment to killers of a Jubo League man, freezing traffic in major parts of the city.
Police requested the protesters to break their
demonstration around 45 minutes after it began around 11:30am. The demonstration had by then caused traffic clog which spread out to nearby areas.
 “We assured them of capturing the culprits soon. They cleared the streets after our assurances,” said Rafiqul Islam, Assistant Commissioner of Gulshan Zone of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP).
Jubo League activist of Ward No 18, Md Mainuddin, 40, was murdered on January 23. He was called out from his home at night and beaten and stabbed to death, said Anisur Rahman Sujon, nephew of the slain JL leader.
On January 24, the victim’s mother filed a murder case accusing Shaju, Shuvo, Abid, Shahin, Jahir and some other named people. “But police are yet to capture the culprits,” said Sujon.
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