Two 'police sources' killed in Kushtia, Chuadanga

In Kushtia, cadres of Gono Mukti Fouz (GMF) shot dead one Abul Kalam Azad, 42, son of Ridu Biswas of Alampur village in sadar upazila.

Police said a gang of five GMF cadres led by Kalu, known as a leader of the outfit of the area, entered the house of Azad at about 11:00pm.

They called Azad out of the house and shoot him form point blank range killing him on the spot.

Sources said Azad was a police source. He often went to a local police station.

Sources said GMF leader Kalu several days ago warned Azad against giving any information about him to the police.

Police, however, said Azad was not their source, adding that he (Azad) often gave them information about GMF leader Kalu.

Locals and family members of the victim think this was cause behind his killing.

In another incident, one Sahin Uddin, 25, son of Maula Box of Juniadah village in Bheramara upazila in the district succumbed stab injuries at Dhaka Medical College Hospital yesterday.

Sahin, a farmer by profession, was critically injured when unidentified criminals stabbed him with knife in throat.

Police said a gang of assailants numbering 6 stormed into a betel leaf garden where Sahin was working. They silted his throat with knife.

He was taken to Kushtia general hospital and later shifted to Dhaka Medical College Hospital.

In Chuadanga, a gang unknown assailants called Sobhan alias Sobha, 35, out of his house at Monohorpara in Jibonnagar upazila in the district at around 12:00pm on Monday.

Yesterday local people found Sobha's slaughtered body lying in a pond of the village.

Informed, police recovered the body and sent it to Chuadanga sadar upazila. The police said Sobha was their source.

Cases were filed with concerned police stations.