No case was filed till Sunday evening, 24 hours into the killing of a Juba Dal activist in broad daylight near his home in Raozan of Chattogram.
Raozan police officer-in-charge Monirul Islam Bhuiyan told 抖阴精品 on Sunday evening that the victim鈥檚 family had not yet filed any case over the killing and that the police were investigating the incident and no one had been detained so far.
The officer added that several suspects were identified and a drive was under way to arrest them.
Mohammad Alamgir, 50, son of Abdus Sattar of Rashidarpara in Raozan, was killed at about 4:00pm Saturday on Rashidarpara Road in Charabot Tola area under Ward 9 of Raozan.
The police said that Alamgir was riding his motorcycle when assailants ambushed him, killing him on the spot.
Alamgir was known as a follower of Golam Akbar Khondakar, former lawmaker from Raozan and former president of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party鈥檚 Chattogram north district unit.
Alamgir had spent around 12 years in jail in different cases, according to the police.
OC Monirul said that Alamgir went to a relative鈥檚 house nearby with his family for lunch and was riding home alone when he was ambushed near Rashidarpara mosque.
The assailants, hiding behind a wall near the graveyard adjacent to the mosque, opened fire on him, killing him instantly.
The attackers also stole his motorcycle, said OC Monirul, adding that they later recovered the body lying in a pool of blood at the spot.
The OC said that the deceased was involved with Juba Dal, the youth wing of the BNP, though he did not hold any official post.
鈥楾here might be a political link behind the killing which we are investigating,鈥� he said.
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia鈥檚 adviser Golam Akbar Khondakar condemned the killing, saying Alamgir had recently been released after serving 12 years in jail under the Awami League regime.
He also demanded the arrest and trial of the killers.
Earlier on October 7, another BNP activist named Mohammad Abdul Hakim, 52, also from Raozan, was shot dead by gunmen in Hathazari upazila of Chattogram.
Since August 5, at least 17 people have been killed in Raozan upazila in incidents reportedly over political rivalry, strife for dominance and extortion.
