A local leader of Jatiyatabadi Tati Dal, an affiliate of BNP, was hacked to death at his business establishment in Khulna city’s Rayermahal area on Sunday evening.
The deceased was identified as Humayun Kabir, joint convenor of Khulna city Tanti Dal and son of Syed Anwar Ali.
According to local sources, Kabir was sitting at his business establishment, Hill Canteen, behind Rayermahal Boro Mosque, when a group of assailants attacked him with sharp weapons.
He sustained severe injuries and was taken to Khulna Medical College Hospital, where an on-duty doctor declared him dead.
Kabir lived with his family behind Rayermahal Boro Mosque.
Syed Didarul Karim Biplob, a relative of the victim, alleged that a Chhatra Dal leader named Arafat and his associates were responsible for the attack.
He claimed that the attackers repeatedly hacked his paternal uncle with locally made weapons, inflicting injuries on different parts of his body.
The victim’s relatives demanded that those involved be brought to justice.
Police had not immediately commented on the killing, and the motive behind the attack remained unclear.
