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Death valley

6 AL activists, a war hero killed in Satkhira in 18 days

A Correspondent, satkhira
Satkhira saw another murder of a ruling party activist yesterday, taking to seven the number of killings in the district since November 21.
Awami League activist Ejahar Ali Moroi, 55, of Amtoli village was stabbed to death in Sadar upazila of the district.
A group of 12 to 14 people set fire to his house around 1:30am, said the victim's wife Nilufar Begum. As Ejahar came out of the house, the criminals stabbed him in the head and cut the tendons of his legs.
He died at Satkhira Sadar Hospital around 7:45am, four hours after he was taken there.
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Ejahar had a long-standing dispute over a piece of land with two Jamaat-Shibir men of the village -Piklur Moroi and Abul Khayer Moroi. The two could not be reached for comment.
In the last two and a half weeks, six AL men and a freedom fighter have been killed in the southern district allegedly by Jamaat-Shibir men amid hartals and blockades enforced by the BNP-led 18-party alliance.
District AL leaders say the killings were planned to weaken the morale of the ruling party. Police suspect that members of Jamaat and Shibir, key partners of the main opposition BNP, are taking advantage of the ongoing political turmoil and committing murders.
The killing spree has panicked the locals, including the leaders. Journalists are thinking twice before going to areas away from the district town.
Insiders say the ruling party is failing to put up a strong resistance due to a weakened organisational base compared to that of the Jamaat. The district-level leaders could not build up rapport with the lower tier ones.
Besides, they said, the party grassroots have felt deprived in the last five years, as the district lawmakers have often rewarded their sidekicks and close relatives rather than the local leaders.
Of the recent killings, the one of freedom fighter Mohammad Alauddin, 65, in Kaliganj on December 3 has been much discussed.
Alauddin had slept in the veranda as usual, said his daughter Fatema Khatun. In the dead of night, unidentified criminals hacked him in the head and, taking him for dead, dumped him in the nearby pond.
"We rushed him to Kaliganj Health Complex that very night. Doctors suggested shifting him to Satkhira Sadar Hospital for better treatment. But it was not possible because of the blockade, " she told this correspondent.
The freedom fighter died the next morning.
On November 21, Jamaat-Shibir men hacked to death Debhata upazila AL organising secretary
Abu Raihan at Parulia Bazar around 8:30pm, said Mohammad Shahidullah, a cousin of the deceased.
"There were several hundred people there, but no one came forward to protect him," he told The Daily Star. Police recovered Raihan's body half an hour after the killing.
Mahmudur Rahman, 40, general secretary of Khord Union Parishad Jubo League, was beaten to death by "activists of anti-liberation forces" at Alaipur on November 26, said his brother Md Amanullah Aman.
The same day, local Swechchhasebak League General Secretary Rabiul Islam, 45, was hacked to death when he was talking to people at Notun Bazar.
On December 3, Jamaat-Shibir activists intercepted Giasuddin and Nazmul Haque of Itagachha village in Talbaria area as they were heading to the district town on a motorbike.
They beat the two with rods and sticks, leaving Giasuddin, a Juba League activist, dead on the spot, said Nazmul.
On the night of December 5, a group of 10-12 Jamaat-Shibir men stormed the house of AL activist Sirajul Islam in downtown Satkhira and shot him dead, said Islam's wife Amena Khatun.
Satkhira Jamaat Ameer Abdul Khaleque, a former MP, however, denied that their men were involved in the murders, saying AL's internal feud must have led to the killings.
On the other hand, Satkhira district AL general secretary Nazrul Islam said Jamaat-Shibir men had committed the murders, alleging that police were not taking action against the culprits.
Satkhira Superintendent of Police Molla Jahangir Hossain said most of the killings were perpetrated by the Jamaat-Shibir men. "We have taken additional measures to prevent such killings."
Police said a suspect has been arrested in connection with Raihan's murder.