Ex-UP member, farmer hacked to death

A former union parishad (UP) member and a farmer were hacked to death by unidentified gangs in Pabna and Laxmipur districts on Saturday night.

Our Pabna correspondent reported that police recovered the body of Md Mukul Hossain, 48, ex-member of Nandanpur Union Parishad in Santhia upazila, from Daramridha village in the morning.

Mukul went out of his house at the village at around 6:00pm on Saturday and did not return at night.

Officer-in-Charge Shahed Mahmud of Santhia Police Station said Mukul might have been killed by outlaws as he severed links with outlawed Nakshal Bahini a few years ago.

"We are investigating the murder and trying to arrest the culprits involved," the OC said.

In Laxmipur, farmer Md Abdul Alim Dulal, 40, of Hasandai village in Sadar upazila was hacked to death the same night.

Police arrested three people of the village, suspecting their involvement in the killing. The arrestees are Mostafiz, Nasrin Akhter and Abul Hassain. They are from the same village, reports our Noakhali correspondent.

Alim's son Rakib Hossain said unknown criminals swooped on his father while he was returning home from local Basubazar at around 10:00pm. 

They hacked him with sharp weapons and left the scene, Rakib said, adding that his father succumbed to his injuries on way to Laxmipur Sadar Hospital.

Assistant Police Superintendent Junayet Kawser said Alim's body bore stab injury marks.