A case has been filed naming five individuals and one suspect has been arrested following the murder of Syed Humayun Kabir, joint convener of Khulna Metropolitan Tati Dal, in Khulna.
The victim’s son, Syed Nur Amin Souhardya, filed the case as plaintiff with Arangghata Police Station on Sunday night.
The case names five individuals, including Chhatra Dal leader Arafat, alongside two to three unidentified persons as accused. Police have arrested one named accused, Sheikh Siddique, 53.
Confirming the matter on Monday morning, Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Arangghata Police Station Md Halimur Rahman said that accused Siddique was arrested on Sunday night.
He added that police operations are ongoing to arrest others, including Chhatra Dal’s Arafat, without considering any political identity. The arrested Sheikh Siddique is the son of the late Sheikh Idris Ali alias Idil Fakir, of Rayermahal Paschimpara area.
Earlier on Sunday evening, Humayun Kabir was killed in an attack by miscreants at his business establishment, “Al-Cantino” restaurant, located in the city’s Rayermahal Boro Masjid area.
The deceased Humayun was the son of Syed Anwar Ali of Rayermahal Boro Masjid area.
According to a reliable police source, four to five miscreants, including one whose face was covered, arrived on an easy-bike armed with local weapons and launched a sudden attack inside his restaurant.
Those involved in the attack are Moin, Arafat, Fayak, and Bayezid, all residents of the Rayermahal Paschimpara area.
Prior to the incident, an argument and altercation took place between the victim Humayun, and Arafat and Fayaq due to the non-payment of instalment money on time for a refrigerator purchased from Chhatra Dal leader Arafat’s shop.
Following this, they struck Humayun with local weapons. He was immediately taken to Khulna Medical College Hospital, where the duty doctor declared him dead.
The victim’s nephew, Syed Didarul Karim Biplob, claimed that Chhatra Dal leader Arafat and his associates attacked his younger uncle Humayun Kabir with local weapons and hacked him indiscriminately to death.
