Slain BNP leader Mithu’s bodyguard dies at KMCH
Khulna: Slain BNP leader Alauddin Mithu’s bodyguard, who sustained bullet wounds during an attack on Thursday night, died at Khulna Medical College Hospital (KMCH) early on Friday.
On Thursday, Alauddin Mithu, in his forties, organising secretary of district unit BNP, was gunned down by miscreants at Damodar in Phultala upazila.
Mithu’s bodyguard Nowsher, forties, and Mithu’s father-in-law Shoyeb Selim also suffered bullet wounds during the incident. The injured were taken to Khulna Medical College Hospital where Nowsher succumbed to his wounds around 2:30am.
Officer-in-charge (Investigation) of Phultala Police Station Hawlader Sanwar Hossain Masum said a gang of five miscreants in two motorcycles swooped on Mithu at his business establishment, Mithu Enterprise, in front of his house around 10:00pm.
They opened fire on the BNP leader, leaving him dead on the spot, he said.