Former UP Member hacked to death in Bogura

A former union parishad member and farmer was hacked to death by unidentified assailants in Bogura Sadar upazila on Sunday night.

The incident occurred around 10:30pm in the Ashokola Purbapara area of Baghopara, police and local sources said.

The victim was identified as Saiful Islam, 50, son of late Abed Ali Mondal of the area. He was a two-time elected former member of Nunngola Union Parishad and worked as a farmer.

According to locals, Saiful was returning home on foot from Baghopara Bazar with his grandson when three youths, who had allegedly been lying in wait, stopped him near his home.

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An argument broke out between them, and the assailants then attacked Saiful indiscriminately with machetes, leaving him critically injured.

The attackers fled the scene after leaving Saiful in a nearby paddy field, locals said.

Local residents rescued him and took him towards Shaheed Ziaur Rahman Medical College Hospital in Bogura, but he died on the way.

Confirming the incident, Ibrahim Ali, officer-in-charge of Bogura Sadar Police Station, said police visited the scene and recovered a pair of shoes and a smartphone.

The body has been kept at the hospital morgue, he said, adding that police were working to establish the motive for the killing, identify those involved and arrest them.