A CORRESPONDENT, Rajshahi

Abdullah Al Masud, a store officer at Rajshahi University Medical Centre, stepped out of his home on Saturday night to get medicine. Before leaving, he shared on Facebook that he had become a father a few days ago and sought blessings for his newborn daughter.

But little did he know that, by the cruel hand of fate, he would not return to his family alive and that his newborn would grow up without knowing her father.

That night, Masud, also a former Chhatra League leader, died after being beaten by an unruly mob in the Binodpur Bazar area adjacent to Rajshahi University.

Masud was handed over to police with serious injuries. Later, he was taken to Rajshahi Medical College Hospital, where he died around “The

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