Shukkur Ali Bepari, 42, a BNP leader, has died after an attack in Muladi upazila of Barisal that his family links to his protest against drug dens, gambling and illegal sand lifting.
He died at around 4am on Thursday (15 October) while being taken, badly injured, to Sher-e-Bangla Medical College Hospital in Barisal.
Shukkur Ali Bepari was the son of Abdus Chhattar Bepari of Char Dhaleshwar village in Gachhua union of the upazila, and a leader of the Gachhua union BNP.
According to his family and local sources, on Tuesday (13 October) Shukkur Ali announced that the drug sessions, gambling and illegal sand lifting from the Nayabhangani river in the Dumuritala launch ghat area of the upazila must stop. He said openly that he would resist these activities with the help of local people.
His family alleges that in retaliation he was attacked without warning at about 5:45pm on Wednesday (14 October) while having tea at Salauddin’s shop in the Dumuritala Faraji Bari launch ghat area.
His father, Abdus Chhattar Bepari, alleged that Rahmat Faraji, 38, Barek Faraji, 36, and Mujammel Faraji, 32, sons of Motaleb alias Motu Faraji of Dumuritala village, along with Montu Faraji, Rafiq Faraji, Taslima Nasrin and several others, attacked Shukkur Ali together and beat him with sticks, leaving him badly injured.
Local people rescued him and took him to the Muladi Upazila Health Complex. As his condition was critical, the doctor on duty referred him to Sher-e-Bangla Medical College Hospital in Barisal. He died at around 4am when they reached the Mirganj ferry ghat on the way to Barisal.
Khandaker Md Sohel Rana, officer-in-charge of Muladi police station, said they had received word that a man had died on the way from the Muladi Upazila Health Complex to the hospital in Barisal. The body has been sent to the morgue for a post-mortem to establish the exact cause of death. No case has been filed over the incident yet.
One of the accused, Barek Faraji, is a former vice-president of the Gachhua union BNP and is currently a joint convener of the union BNP.
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