Two youths murdered in Rangamati

8 March 2009, 18:00 PM

Our Correspondent, Rangamati

Two youths were murdered and another injured seriously in a gang attack in Karnaphuli Paper Mills (KPM) area in Kaptai upazila headquarters early yesterday. Criminals led by Jasim, Kader and Hukka killed Raju Ahmed,22, and Hassan, 23, over sharing of booty, Kaptai police said. They were involved in smuggling KPM machinery parts for a long time, police informed. The killers went to the victims' houses at around 1 am. They called them out and took them to a nearby jungle where they slaughtered them with sharp weapons. Later, the criminals threw the bodies under a culvert. Raju and Hassan died on the spot but Murad sustained serious injuries whom Kaptai police rescued later and sent to Chittagong Medical College Hospital (CMCH). Murad disclosed to police that the three attackers, Jasim, Kader and Hukka, are known to him. A murder case was filed with Kaptai police station accusing the aforesaid three and some unidentified people, police said.