Youth killed in Ctg over establishing supremacy

A fish seller who was "hacked and shot" by "rivals" in Sahebpara area of Chittagong city on Thursday night, died on the way to a hospital in the capital early yesterday.

The deceased was Mohammad Idris, 28.

Idris and six others, Jahangir Majhi, Hanif, Alam, Sujan, Sharif and Joynal, were injured by the alleged attack of some people in the area, claimed Mohammad Jabbar, Idris's father.

The attackers also blasted several cocktails to create panic, he added. 

They were admitted to Chittagong Medical College Hospital, said police and relatives, adding, as Idris's condition deteriorated, he was being taken to Dhaka but he succumbed to his injuries around 4:00am.

There has been a long-standing "enmity" between two groups over establishing supremacy in the area and Idris was associated with one of them, said Morjina Akter, officer-in-charge of Sadarghat Police Station.

Drive is on to nab the attackers, she added.