A college student died in an attack by opponents in Pirojpur
A college student died in an attack by opponents in Pirojpur
Syed Bashir Ahmed, Pirojpur representative
Published: 24 April 2024, 06:57 pm
A college student named Syed Russell (24) was killed in the attack by the opponents of Pirojpur.
He died on Tuesday (April 23) around 12:30 pm while undergoing treatment in Khulna.
Deceased Russell is the son of Idris Ali of Muktarkathi village of Pirojpur Municipality and a second year student of Pirojpur Government Suhrawardy College. Earlier that day, he was seriously injured when his opponent attacked him while sitting in front of the Kadamtala Union Parishad of the upazila.
On Wednesday (April 24) noon, his classmates held a protest march and human chain in Pirojpur city to demand justice for the murder.
According to Thana police and local sources, recently the young man had a dispute with Riazul Islam of Kadamtala village of Sadar Upazila of the district over an incident of fighting. Russell and his friends were involved in the attack on Riyazul. As a result of this dispute, when Russell was going from Kadamtala to Pirojpur on Tuesday afternoon, Riazul and his men attacked Russell in a planned manner and Russell was seriously injured. He was first sent to Pirojpur Sadar Hospital and later to Khulna City Hospital for advanced treatment, where he died while undergoing treatment.
According to the relatives of the deceased, the deceased Russell went to his house at noon that day to meet the chairman candidate for the upazila parishad election, SM Bayezid Hossain. On his way back from there, some youths coming from the east attacked him and seriously injured him. He died while undergoing treatment in Khulna. He was never involved in any wrongdoing. He was killed in an unjust and planned manner.
Officer in charge (OC) of Pirojpur Sadar police station. Ashikuzzaman said that the murder case is under process.
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