A local leader of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) has been beaten to death by miscreants in Feni district after abducting him from Cumilla.
The incident was reported from in Sarshadi Dighi area of Feni on Monday (Oct 9).
The deceased was Sazzad Hossain Shakil, 25, joint secretary of Alkara union unit of BCL and son of Saleh Ahmed alias Badhu Miah of Kulsar village in Chouddagram Upazila of Cumilla district.
Locals said a group of miscreants intercepted a bus at Padua on Dhaka-Chattogram highway in the morning while Shakil was going to the district town by it to appear before a court in a case.
The hoodlums dragged Shakil out of the bus and took him to Feni in a microbus where they beat him mercilessly with iron rods and hammers, leaving him critically injured.
Later, he was taken to Feni Sadar Hospital where doctors referred him to Dhaka Medical College Hospital.
Shakil succumbed to his injuries on way to DMCH.
Senior Assistant Superintendent of Chouddagram and Nangolkote police Saiful Islam Saif told Bangla Tribune that they were yet to learn about the incident.
“Details will be known after investigation,” said Saif.