An angry mob lynched two armed cadres of the Janajuddho faction of outlawed Purbo Banglar Communist Party (PBCP) at about 2:00pm yesterday after they were caught while trying to bomb the Gallamari Police Box under Sonadanga Police Station. Police recovered three powerful bombs from the two men -- Akash alias Sourav, 30, and Asaduzzaman Murad, 28, -- before they were forcibly taken away and beaten to death by the mob.
Both men were wanted in connection with several murder cases, police said. Eyewitnesses said plainclothes policemen caught the two men just as they were about to hurl bombs at four constables inside the police box. A third man in the extremist group escaped, Deputy Commissioner (South) Akbar Ali told The Daily Star. Ali said all police outposts and boxes were put on a bomb alert after informers warned that PBCP operatives could launch a major assault on police at any time. In another incident, a mob gouged out the eyes of an alleged extremist, Nasir, 30, of Rudagarha Union of Dumuria. Police recovered two firearms on the dead man's person. Earlier on the night of April 10, police havildar Akram Hossain was killed in a bomb attack in Khulna city. PBCP (Janajuddho) claimed responsibility for the murder. On the evening of April 11, a powerful bomb exploded just in front of Moilapota Police Box when seven constables were inside. |