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Pallabi AL leader gunned down

Staff Correspondent
Two unidentified young men gunned down a local Awami League (AL) lender at Pallabi in the city yesterday.
Abdus Samad Khan, 50, a member of Pallabi thana AL, was shot in the head and chest He was rushed to Dhaka Medical College Hospital where doctors declared him dead.
Witnesses said Khan was supervising construction of sewerage lines at his house at Scction-6 of Pallabi at about 11:00am; The killers appeared there in a rickshaw, carrying a packet of saree. One of them pulled out a pistol from the packet, shothim and ran away.
The victim had a dispute with a neighbour over sewerage lines, locals said.
Pallabi police could not give any reason behind the killing of Khan, also a former central leader of lubo League. They picked six construc-tion workers from the spot fo? Inter rogation. However, local people and relatives mentioned three possible reasons for the murder.
They said a dispute centring a garment factory might have led to the murder of Khan. He ran a garment factory at Mirpur and a conflict arose over share of the factory. A meeting to settle the issue took place recently.
Moreover, as a leader of local anti-terrorism committee, Khan got a notorious criminal of the area, Ratan, arrested two and a half years back. Ratan was released on bail about six months ago.
The AL leader also allegedly occupied two plots of land, which led to a dispute with a local BNP leader.
A number of AL leaders and activists gathered at the DMCH to see their slain leader. They included the party's Joint General Secretary Obaidul Kader, former mayor Mohammad Hanif, Mostafa Jalal Mohiuddin and Kamal Ahmed Majumder.
Awami League and two of its front organisations — Jubo League and Chhatra League — have called a half-day hartal in Mirpur, Pallabi and Kafrul tomorrow protesting the killing of AL leader Abdus Samad Khan.
The Jubo League will also stage a demonstration in front the party office at Bangabandhu Avenue at 3 pm today, said a press release.
Meanwhile, a trader, who was stabbed Thursday night, diedatthe DMCH in the early hours of yesterday.
Unidentified assailants stabbed garment parts supplier Saiful alias Saidur Rahman Liton, 31, at the DIT road.
Saiful's brother said he might have been killed due to rivalry in business.
In another incident, Motijheel police yesterday recovered the beheaded body of an unidentified man, of about 30.
The victim wore a black shirt andalungi.
A case was filed.