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JCD leader killed in Satkhira 'gunfight'

ASK worried at 'killings by law enforcers'

Our Correspondent, satkhira
A local leader of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) was killed in a "gunfight" with the joint force of law enforcement agencies in Tala upazila of the district early yesterday.
The dead, Azharul Islam, 27, was the joint convenor of Tala upazila JCD, a student body associated with the BN P.
As many as 15 people have been killed since January 1 by law enforcement agencies, which has concerned Ain o Salish Kendra (ASK), an organisation that provides legal aid, according to a press release.
Quoting media reports, ASK in the press release issued yesterday said Jamaat-Shibir activists, who had been involved in subversive activities, were killed in "gunfights" with police, Rapid Action Battalion and other law enforcement agencies.
It also said people involved in the recent killing, looting, arson attacks and violence against the minority community should be brought to book immediately but extrajudicial killings should not be a way of punishment.
Azharul, a resident of Ghona village, was accused in seven cases, including that filed in connection with the killing of Abdur Rauf, a member of Islamkati Union Parishad and an Awami League activist in 2002, said Motiar Rahman, officer-in-charge ofTala Police Station.
The JCD leader had also been involved in the violence unleashed by the BNP-led 18-party alliance in recent months centring on war crimes verdicts and the 10th parliamentary election held on January 5, the OC added.
Police arrested Azharul along with two others at Chandpur of the upazila in the early hours of Sunday.
On information extracted from him, a joint force team raided different areas of the upazila from 1:00am to recover arms and arrest his cohorts, the OC said. When the law enforcers arrived at Magura Kheyaghat around 5:00am, associates of Azharul fired at them and exploded several bombs. A gunfight ensued as the joint force members fired back.
Azharul was injured critically in the firing that lasted forabout20 minutes, OC Motiar said.
He was taken to Satkhira Sadar Hospital where doctors declared him dead.
However, the victim’s wife, Champa Khatun, said Azharul had been kept at the police station after the arrest and that she had tried to meet her husband there but failed.
Contacted, Satkhira BNP General Secretary Shafikul Islam said he had heard that Azharul died of bullet injuries.
Sub-inspector Shakhawat Hossain and consta-bles Tazimur Rahman and Mohammad Shahabuddin of the police station sustained minor injuries during the firing, police sources said.
A pine-gun, five bombs and two bullets were recovered from the spot.
Police filed a case accusing 60 unidentified people of trying to snatch Azharul from police custody.
Meanwhile, Tala upazila JCD through a press release called hartal from 6:00am to 2:00pm today in the upazila in protest at Azharul's death.