Factional Conflict
Bomb attack on Jubo Dal office
Three leaders hacked
Three leaders of the district unit Jatiyatabadi Jubo Dal and Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) were injured in a attack by the supporters of the rival group yesterday over formation of new convening committee of Jubo Dal.
The injured--Abu Sayeed al Mamun, joint convener of the new convening committee; Mahbubul Alam Tipu, a member of the committee, and Kutubuddin Rana, joint secretary of JCD--were admitted to Magura sadar hospital.
Police said a group of rival Jubo Dal men equipped with lethal weapons and locally-made bombs attacked on the Jubo Dal office at Shaheed Minto around 12:30pm, when Abu Sayeed al Mamun and some other party men were sitting there.
The attackers exploded at least eight bombs, vandalised the office, and hacked the three leaders.
Insiders said that on May 29, the Jubo Dal central committee approved the new convening committee with advocate Washikur Rahman Kallol as convener and Abu Sayeed al Mamun, Amirul Islam, Shahidul Islam Rupak and Uzzal Hossain as joint conveners.
It aggrieved the rival faction led by former convener Alamgir Hossain and Ashrafuzzaman Shamim.
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