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BNP leader shot dead over land dispute in Sitakunda, Ctg

Unnarutal death 2023-12-25, 11:37pm

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Nurul Mostafa Bazal, 58, Local BNP leader was shot to death by rivals allegedly over lanmd dispute on Monday.



Chattogram, Dec 24 – A local leader of BNP was shot to death by his rivals over a land dispute in Sitakunda upazila of Chattogram district on Sunday.

The deceased was identified as Nurul Mostafa Bazal, 58, senior vice-president of Baroierdhala union unit BNP and son of Mujibul Haque of Paschim Lalanagar Subedar Bari in the upazila.

Md Kamal Uddin, officer-in-charge of Sitakunda Model Police Station, said Bazal had an enmity with Touhidul Islam, who was wanted in several cases.

At 7:30 pm, Bazal and Touhidul locked into an altercation over the issue.

At one stage, Touhidul stabbed Bazal with a sharp weapon and opened fire on him, leaving him injured.

Later, he was taken to Upazila Health Complex where the doctors declared him dead.

Police are trying to arrest Touhidul as he is wanted in 18 cases.

However, the local unit BNP claimed that Bazal was murdered over political issues. - UNB