A local leader of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD), who was injured in an attack allegedly by a gang of BCL men at Gafargaon Station Road on Sunday, died at Mymensingh Medical College Hospital yesterday.

The deceased was identified as Ibne Azad alias Kamoi, 24, general secretary of JCD’s Gafargaon Municipal unit.

Police and local sources said, Ibne Azad was returning to his home in Jamtola area of Gafargaon upazila headquarters from a shop at Station Road around

2.30pm on Sunday.

All of a sudden, a group 15/20 Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) men, allegedly led by Shahabul and Biplob, swooped on Azad with hockey sticks and iron rods and beat him up indis-

criminately in the leg, hand, chest and head, leaving him critically injured.

Hearing the screams of Azad, local people rushed to the spot and took him to Gafargaon Upazila Health Complex. As his condition deteriorated, he was shifted to MMCH Sunday afternoon where he died around 12.30pm yesterday.

Contacted, Md. Khalilur Rahman, officer in-charge (investigation) at Gafargaon Police Station, said police were aware about the incident but no complaint was lodged.

Without any written

complaint we cannot take any action, said the police official, adding " receiving complaint, we would definitely go for legal action against the culprits".

President of JCD Gafargaon upazila unit Mahibur Rahman Nasim alleged that they informed police soon after the incident but the law enforcers did not take any step against the killers they are still moving 'scot-free' in the area, said.

However, Mehdi Hasan Shamim, president of BCL Gafargaon upazila unit, denied any involvement of BCL in the incident.