2 killed in Kushtia, Chuadanga

The widow is Banuara Khatun, 55, of Dhubail village in Mirpur upazila, Kushtia.

Criminals chopped her to death after snatching Tk 20,000 early yesterday. She was on way to Mirpur Police Station to get release one of her relatives, Nazir Hossain, who was arrested on Sunday, family sources said.

Earlier, a 'source' in the police station suggested Nazir's father Bahar Ali Fakir Bahar to go to the police station to get release his son on payment of Tk 20,000.

On Bahar's request, his relative Banuara was going to the police station with the amount in the morning. Two relatives, Ranjana Khatun and Tulona Khatun, accompanied her. As they reached near Dhubail mosque at about 5.30:am, the criminals swooped on the three and chopped them indiscriminately before snatching the entire amount from Banuara. She died on the spot and her two relatives were admitted to Kushtia General Hospital with severe injuries.

Victim's son Jalal termed the incident 'pre-planned' saying a police source was involved in the incident.

In Chuadanga, a gang of criminals stormed into the house of a farmer named Abdul Gafur, 35, at Jagannathpur village in Damur-huda upazila on Sunday.

They picked him up at gunpoint and took to Shibnagar field, 2-kilometre away from his house where they slaughtered him.

Family sources said, the gang demanded Tk.50, 000 from the victim as illegal toll a few days ago.

Police recovered the body and sent it to Chuadanga Sadar Hospital.