Sylhet: A local Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) activist was chopped to death by miscreants near Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital (SOMCH) in Sylhet city on Friday.

Kotwali Police Station Officer-in-charge Sohel Ahmed said a group of miscreants hacked Don Hasan, 27, of Kajalshah area of the city, with sharp weapons indiscriminately in front of the SOMCH at about 8:30pm, leaving him dead on the spot.

Soon after the incident, police recovered a sharp weapon and a one-shooter gun from the spot, said police.

Additional deputy commissioner (media) of Sylhet Metropolitan Police (SMP) Jedan Al Musa said they collected a video footage of the incident. “Hasan might have been killed by his rivals over previous enmity.”

Meanwhile, police detained three people from the hospital area for interrogation, he said.

Hasan was a charge-sheeted accused in a case filed over a murder that took place in front of Abu Sina Hostel of the SOMCH several months back, added the OC.