Car of Lawmaker Liton’s sister comes under attack
Gaibandha: Miscreants attacked the car of Afroza Bari, sister of slain Gaibandha 1 constituency lawmaker Manjurul Islam Liton, on Tuesday morning.
The Sundarganj police Officer-in-charge (OC) Atiur Rahman told NTV Online a group of miscreants attacked the Afroza Bari’s car when she was returning home at about 11:00am after placing flowers at the Shaheed Minar on the occasion of Mother Language Day.
Afroza’s husband was also in the vehicle, said the OC.
Miscreants shot ruling Awami League lawmaker from Gaibandha-1 (Sundarganj) constituency Manjurul Islam Liton to dead at Bamandanga village in Sundarganj upazila on 31 December 2016.
Doctors declared the MP dead at about 7:30pm, 15 minutes after he was rushed at the Rangpur Medical College Hospital (RMCH) with two bullet wounds in the chest from his home at Sundarganj.
Gaibandha police said two unidentified men shot Liton from a close proximity at his village home at Masterpara near Bamondanga railway station as they appeared at the scene mounting on a motorbike at about 6:00pm, saying they wanted to meet him.