Injured Jubo League leader dies in city

By Unb, Dhaka
18 August 2006, 18:00 PM
Abu Sayeed, convener of Dopakandi union Jubo League under Gopalpur upazila of Tangail, who was injured in an alleged attack by BNP cadres, died at Ayesha Memorial Hospital at Mohakhali in the city yesterday.

Jubo League sources said Sayeed was critically injured when attacked by some BNP cadres on his way home at Dopakandi union after attending a programme marking the `National Mourning Day' on August 15.

He was first admitted to Mymensingh Medical College Hospital, and then shifted to Dhaka Medical College Hospital as his condition deteriorated and later was taken to Ayesha Memorial Hospital.

Local Jubo League has called a dawn-to-dusk hartal in Gopalpur upazila tomorrow to protest the killing of Sayeed.

Tangail district Jubo League will hold a protest rally at the Shaheed Minar premises in Tangail today.

In a joint statement, Jubo League Chairman Jahangir Kabir Nanak and General Secretary Mirza Azam have condemned the killing of Sayeed and demanded immediate arrest and trial of the killers.