OUR CORRESPONDENT, Bogura

A local Swechchasebak Dal activist was stabbed to death by unidentified assailants in Sariakandi upazila of Bogura on Wednesday night.

The deceased Zakaria Shayan, 28, a resident of Jorgachha village in the upazila, was a businessman at Jorgachha market and an active member of Sariakaandi upazila unit Swechchasebak Dal.

The incident occurred around 8:00pm in the Velabari Union Bazar area.

“Shayan had gone to the Togar Sawmill area in Jorgachha Purba Para when some unidentified individuals stabbed him. Informed, we rushed him to Shaheed Ziaur Rahman Medical College Hospital, where doctors declared him brought dead around 9:00pm. We are unaware of him having any prior disputes with anyone,” said his uncle Lutfar Haidar Rumin.

Mustafizur Rahman Sumon, office secretary of Bogura District Swechchasebak Dal, confirmed that Shayan was an activist in Sariakandi upazila unit.

Lalan Hossain, assistant sub-inspector of Chilimpur Medical Outpost, said the victim sustained a stab wound below his chest and died on the way to the hospital.

AFM Asaduzzaman, officer-in-charge of Sariakandi Police Station, said the body has been handed over to the family following an autopsy.

“The family of the deceased has yet to lodge a complaint with police, and no arrests have been made so far,” he added.