National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Chairman Kazi Reazul Hoque yesterday reiterated demands for proper investigation into the killing of Teknaf's ward councillor Akramul Haque, after visiting the councillor's residence at Kaubkhali, Teknaf upazila, at around 2:30pm, our Cox's Bazar correspondent reports.

Awami League leaders of Teknaf and Ukhia are likely to meet party president and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina after Eid-ul-Fitr to share their concern over the killing of Teknaf municipality councillor Akramul Haque on May 27.

Teknaf upazila Awami League leaders would be called to Dhaka to discuss the killing of Akramul Haque with the prime minister after she returns from Canada, claimed a leader of the upazila AL.

The Teknaf Upazila Awami League is likely to urge the prime minister and the home minister to launch an investigation to find out whether local MP Abdur Rahman Bodi played any role in the killing of municipality councilor Akramul Haque.

Slain Awami League leader Akramul Haque's wife has said she was living in fear.

The alleged murder of Teknaf municipality councillor Akramul Haque rang an ominous bell for the country's human rights situation, human rights defenders and activists said yesterday.