BNP activist killed in Khulna

The victim was identified as Kamrul Islam Babu,25, son of Akbar Sheikh of the same village.

Police recovered the body on Sunday morning from an orchard nearby the house of Amjad Hossain.

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However, the outlawed Purbo Banglar Communist Party (PBCP, M-L) has claimed the responsibility of the murder over telephone.

Meanwhile, 20 suspects were taken to custody for questioning.

Babu was critically injured by his BNP rivals in an armed attack during the second week of December,'03. He was released from Khulna Medical College Hospital (KMCH) on Wednesday.

Police apprehended that his party rivals might have killed him through hired outlaws.

Victim's father Akbar Sheikh lodged a case with Rupsha police station.

Now the total number of murders committed in the district in four days stood at six. Of the victims, the identity of a body recovered from Dumuria on Saturday is yet to be found.

Four other victims wee identified as Nesar Morol and Dinesh Baidya of Paikgacha upazila. They were killed on January 1. Jubo League leader Nazrul Islam Nazu and member secretary of the city unit of Jatiyatabadi Tarun Dal Barratul Islam were killed on Friday at Rupsha East under Rupsha thana and at Gollamari under Sonadanga thana in the city.