Jubo Dal leader from Araihazar hacked to death in Sonargaon
Rafiqul Islam Rana, Araihazar (N'ganj)
Zahir Fakir (45), President of Kalapaharia Union unit of the Jubo Dal in Araihazar Upazila, Narayanganj, has been hacked to death by miscreants in Sonargaon. The incident occurred around 10:00 PM on Wednesday (October 21) in the Char Kishoreganj area of the Upazila. The deceased, Zahir Fakir, also served as a joint convener of the Araihazar Upazila Jubo Dal.
He was the son of Abdur Rahman from the Kalapaharia area. Although his ancestral home was in Araihazar, he had been living in a rented house in the Munshiganj Sadar area for about 15 years. He also owned a pharmacy in the Char Kishoreganj area of Sonargaon.
According to police and local sources, while Zahir Fakir was returning home after closing his shop on Wednesday night, miscreants attacked him in the Char Kishoreganj area, hacking him repeatedly with sharp machetes before leaving him on the road. Local residents later rescued him and took him to a hospital in Munshiganj, where the attending physician declared him dead.
At the time of writing this report, an autopsy of the deceased’s body was underway at Munshiganj Sadar Hospital.
OC of Sonargaon Police Station, A. Barik (PPM), stated that the body has been kept at Munshiganj Sadar Hospital for an autopsy. Preparations are underway to register a case; however, no written complaint had been filed by the time this report was written.
