Murder case filed over BCL leader’s death in mob beating 

A case has been filed over the death of former Chhatra League (BCL) leader Abdullah Al Masud.

Md Behesty, elder brother of the victim, filed the case with Motihar Police Station in Rajshahi against 20 to 30 unidentified people on Wednesday.

Rajshahi Metropolitan Police Commissioner Mohammad Abu Sufian confirmed the matter.

According to the case statement, Masud went to buy medicine for his daughter on Saturday evening, then a group of unidentified people picked up Masud from Binodpur Bazar, adjacent to the Rajshahi University, in the evening and took Masud to an unknown place and beat him indiscriminately. 

As Masud was critically injured, Boalia police sent him to Rajshahi Medical College Hospital where he succumbed to his injuries at 12:03am on Sunday.