A case was filed against 70 people including BNP’s Joint Secretary General Khairul Kabir Khokan and his wife Shirin Sultana over the murder of two Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) men during a factional clash in Narsingdi town on Thursday last.

Abul Kashem, officer-in-charge of Sadar police station, confirmed the matter.

He said that victim Sadekur Rahman Sadek’s elder brother Altaf Hossain filed the case on Friday night.

Three people including district chapter Jubo Dal’s Convenor Mohsin Hossain Biddyut have so far been arrested, he said.

Those arrestees are Juba Dal President Mohsin Hossain Bidyut, BNP leader Kamal Hossain and Russell, said Kashem,

According to the case statement, the criminals in a planned way shot the JCD men.

Earlier on Thursday afternoon, some JCD men, who lost out in the newly formed 71-member committee of the district unit, brought out a procession in favour of a district BNP programme scheduled to be held on May 27 near the house of Khairul Khokan in Chinishpur area of Sadar upazila.

BDST: 2035 HRS, MAY 27, 2023
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