Jubo League leader murdered in Cumilla

A local leader of Jubo League was stabbed to death during a clash between two rival groups in Titas upazila of Cumilla on Tuesday (December 6).

The deceased was known as Jahirul Islam, 32, vice-president of Vitikandi union. He was son of Abu Molla, former Chairman of the union.

Police and locals said, there was a dispute between two groups of Abu Mollah Chairman and Saiful Member. Centering the dispute, the two groups locked into a clash around 6:00 pm, leaving 10 people injured.

Initially, critically injured Jahirul Islam was taken to Titas upazila health complex. Later he was shifted to Dhaka where duty doctors declared him dead.

Titas police station Sudhin Chandra Das confirmed the matter.