In separate incidents, two leaders of Jubo League, the youth wing of Awami League, were hacked to death in Bogra
and Natore districts on Thursday night.

In Bogra, Manik, 28, president of Sabgram Bandar unit of Jubo League in the district town and son of Tofazzal Hosain of the area, was chopped to death by party rivals over establishing supremacy in the locality.

Locals said there had been a longstanding dispute between two Jubo League groups -- one led by Samrat and the other by Manik.

As a sequel of the rivalry, opponents hacked Manik in Sabgram area around 8:15pm, leaving him seriously injured.

He was whisked off to Shaheed Ziaur Rahman Medical College Hospital where doctors declared him dead.

In-charge of the police camp at the hospital sub-inspector Shah Alam confirmed the death of the Jubo League leader.

In Natore, Jubo League leader Sirajul Islam Sikder was chopped to death in Jhautala area of the district town.

Locals said Siraj’s brother Shahtab Sikder picked a quarrel with some local youths in the area over a musical gathering around 8pm. Informed, Siraj rushed to the spot to settle the matter.

However, the miscreants hacked him indiscriminately, leaving him badly injured.

He was taken to Sadar Hospital where doctors declared him brought dead.

UNB/RI