Former principal of Patgram Women’s Degree College was murdered at Shahebdanga in Patgram upazila of Lalmonirhat district on Friday (January 20, 2023) night. The deceased was identified as M Wajed Ali, a freedom fighter and son of Basir Uddin of the village. Quoting locals, Omar Faruk, officer-in-charge of Patgram Police Station, said a group of miscreants swooped on Wajed at his house around 9:30 pm and slit his throat, leaving him critically injured. Also read: Pabna rickshaw-puller murder: Jubo League activist put on 3-day remand Wajed was taken to the upazila health complex where the doctors declared him dead. The motive behind the murder could not be known immediately. “Police are investigating the incident and legal steps will be taken soon,” said OC. Read More: Lalmonirhat mother, daughter crushed to death by train

A Freedom Fighter was beaten to death over land feud in Chattogram’s Mirsarai upazila on Friday afternoon. The victim is Mohammad Shahjahan, 65. According to his nephew Sohel Mostafa, the incident occurred at around 11:30am at the upazila’s Osmanpur area. Shahjahan went to visit the disputed land with some of his family members when they came under attack. Shahjahan was taken to Jorarganj Hospital from where the doctors sent him to Chattogram Medical College Hospital. He died at around 2:30pm while being taken to CMCH. Jorarganj Police Station’s Officer-in-Charge Helal Uddin said they were on their way to Osmanpur.

A Natore court on Monday sentenced two people to death for killing Freedom Fighter and Awami League’s Boraigram upazila unit chief Dr Aynal Haque in 2002.