Jubo Dal leader hacked to death in Jashore

A leader of Jatiyatabadi Juba Dal, the youth front of the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party, was hacked to death in Jashore district town in broad daylight on Tuesday.

The deceased, Badiuzzaman Dhwani, 42, of Chopdarpara under Sadar upazila in Jashore district, was the senior vice-president of Jashore district unit of Juba Dal, police said.

Jashore Kotwali police station officer-in-charge Tajul Islam said that a group of four or five miscreants suddenly attacked Badiuzzaman onTuesday noon while the Juba Dal leader were gossiping with some other people at a tea stall at Chopdarpara under Sadar upazila.

He said that the assailants hacked him discriminately and left the spot leaving him critically injured.

The police officer said that the locals rushed him to Jashore General Hospital where on-duty doctors declared him dead.

He said that they were yet to know the reason behind the murder and that they were trying to nab the assailants.