Rangamati Jubo League leader killed in clash with BNP men

A local leader of Jubo League, the youth front of Awami League, was killed in a clash with BNP activists at a polling centrein Kaukhali upazila of Rangamati this morning.

Deceased Md Basir Uddin, 32, was Jubo League general secretary of Gagra union unit, Manjurul Islam, said officer-in-charge of Kaukhali Police Station.

An altercation took place between some supporters of BNP and Awami League last night, said Smrity Bikash Tripura, a member of Rangamati Zila Parishad.

As a sequel to the altercation, BNP men attacked Bashir and one of his followers while they were going to the polling station in the morning, leaving them critically injured.

Among the injured, Bashir died on the way to Chattogram Medical College and Hospital.

Source: thedailystar