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Mob kills prime accused in UP chairman murder case

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Published: 04:38, 16 September 2018   Update: 15:18, 26 July 2020
Mob kills prime accused in UP chairman murder case

Satkhira Correspondent: Union parishad member Jalil Gayin, prime accused in the murder of Krishnanagar union parishad chairman KM Mosharraf Hossain, was killed in mob beating after his arrest.

The incident took place around 9:15pm on Saturday.

The deceased was the son of Habibullah Gayin of Shankarpur village in Krishnanagar union under Kaliganj upazila of Satkhira.

Hasan Hafizur Rahman, officer-in-charge (OC) of Kaliganj police station, said Jalil Gayin was arrested from Gazipur’s Kaliakair area in Dhaka on Friday with the help of local people. Later, he was brought to Satkhira and interrogated over the murder.

Jalil Gayin confessed to his involvement in the murder of Krishnanagar union parishad chairman KM Mosharraf Hossain. He also informed police that the arms used to kill the union parishad chairman had been kept hidden near his home in Krishnanagar area. Around 9:00pm, police later took him to the spot where the arms were kept hidden, the OC said.

Being informed, the local people got furious and took away Jalil Gayin from police. They beat him mercilessly, leaving him dead on the spot. Police fired several rounds of blank shots to bring the situation under control but could not save him, he added.

On September 8, Mosharraf Hossain, 52, of Krishnanagar, under Kaliganj in Satkhira, also joint-organising secretary of Satkhira district unit of Jatiya Party, was shot and hacked to death while he was gossiping on the veranda of Krishnanagar union Juba League office of Baliadanga Bazar under the upazila on Saturday at about 9:45pm.

Later, the victim’s relatives rushed him to Kaliganj Upazila Health Complex where on-duty doctors declared him dead on arrival at about 11:00pm.

Safia Parvin, daughter of the chairman, filed a murder case in connection with the incident accusing 19 named and 20 unnamed people.

Mosharraf was popular in his area and he was elected chairman to the Krishnanagar union parishad for three terms.


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