Youth stabbed to death in Bogra, 2 held

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Staff Reporter :
After the killing of a further of Hindu community in Narayanganj 17 days ago, another Hindu youth was hacked to death for allegedly protesting harassment of females at Horibashor temple in Gonogram village under Shahjahanpur upazila in Bogra district on Sunday.
The deceased has been identified as Shonaton Chondro Promanik, 28, a local of Shahjahanpur, police said.
Police detained two persons in this connection. They are Razib Sarkar, 25, hailing from Rangpur
town, and Rafiul Islam Roni, 22, son from South Gondagram of Shahjahanpur upazila in Bogra.
Shahjahanpur Officer-in-Charge (OC) Alamgir Hossain said, “A gang of four to five people beat up one Roton Biswas when he protested the harassment of women during a programme at the temple in Adikalibari area on Saturday night. The miscreants stabbed Roton’s brother-in-law Shonaton when he also protested the incident.”
Later, Shonaton was admitted to Shaheed Ziaur Rahman Medical College Hospital where he died while undergoing treatment, the police official said.
The victim’s father filed a case over the incident in the morning, the OC said.
Meanwhile, the killing triggered protests from the local Hindu community. They handed a memorandum to the offices of Bogra Deputy Commissioner and Police Superintendent demanding justice.
The cremation was completed in the village in the evening.
In Narayanganj, a man was stabbed to death by miscreants while trying to foil a bid to kidnap his daughter in Sadar upazila on March 16 this year. The deceased is Manindra Chandra Adhikari,, 52, was a day-labourer.
In Bagerhat, a young man was stabbed to death by some young men as he protested eve teasing of his sister by them at Shaltala in Bagerhat town on April 18 last year. The deceased was Sohel Howladar.
In capital, a youth was beaten to death by some stalkers for protesting eve-teasing with his sister in the city’s Bhashantek area in October of 2014. The victim was identified as M Nasir Hossain, 25, a resident of the city’s Bhashantek.
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