Former BCL leader, young man found dead in city

The police found a former local unit Chhatra League leader and another young man dead at Tejgaon in the capital early Saturday.

One of the deceased was Mizanur Rahman, 32, a wholesale vegetable trader. He was a former joint convener of Tejgaon unit Chhatra League and a resident of Karwan Bazar. The other was Ali Akbar, 45, a

resident of Harirampur at Gabtali.

Hospital sources said a police petrol team found the bodies at the pick-up van stand in the Satrasta intersection at Tejgaon about 3:30am.

Mizanur's brother Tajul Islam said that Mizan was a wholesale vegetable trader at Karwan Bazar and was a former joint convener of the Tejgaon unit Chhatra League.

He added, 'Mizan had gone missing since Wednesday night and we filed a general diary with the Tejgaon police.'

'Mizan had conflicts with someone regarding a shop at Karwan Bazar but I do not know the name of the man,' he said.

Mizan's elder brother Abdul Motaleb said that Mizan had talked with her wife Afriza Akter Arni on Wednesday afternoon and told her that he had been in danger.

Quoting Mizan's wife, Motaleb said that Mizan's mobile had been found switched off since Wednesday afternoon.

'Mizan went out of his house riding his motorbike and went missing. He was found dead at Tejgaon early Saturday. His brother Tajul identified the body,' Mizan's nephew Yasin told reporters.

He said that Mizan had worked as a contractor for Dhaka WASA for two years. He added that Mizan had rivalry with someone for two months.

The Tejgaon police officer-in-charge, Omar Farukh, said, 'We have found injuries marks in their neck.'

'We suspect that they were strangled in another place and the bodies were later taken to the pick-van stand,' he added.

The body was sent to Dhaka Medical college Hospital for a post-mortem examination.

The body of Ali Akbar was identified by his son Mosatfa Hossain Arman at the DMCH morgue on Saturday afternoon.

Mostafa told reporters that he and his father had been working in the Benarasi Palli at Mirpur area for long.

'My father had been missing since Wednesday afternoon. I do not know Mizan and had never seen him with my father,' he added.

Source : New Age