Jamaat Worker Kazi Yusuf Beaten to Death at Amzader Bazar in Cumilla's Chauddagram
A Jamaat worker named Kazi Yusuf Hossain (45) has been beaten to death at Amzader Bazar in Batisa Union of Chauddagram Upazila, Cumilla. He was beaten at the market on Monday morning (26 October).
He died on the way to a hospital in Cumilla city. Chauddagram Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Arif Hosain confirmed the information.
Kazi Yusuf Hossain was the son of the late Izzat Ali of Konkapaith village in Chauddagram. He was a worker of Jamaat-e-Islami. He was also known as an Islamic song artist.
Local people said that on Saturday (24 October), at the Konkapaith school field, Yusuf had an argument with a tractor driver over loading and unloading sand from a tractor. The driver was a tractor driver of Fariha Enterprise, owned by Abul Kalam Azad of Amzader Bazar.
According to local people, during that incident Abul Kalam Azad forbade Yusuf from going to the Amzader Bazar area and threatened him.
Local people said that when Yusuf went to the market on Monday morning, Abul Kalam Azad's men attacked him. He was seriously injured in indiscriminate beating and collapsed to the ground. Several people present tried to save him but failed, they said.
Relatives later took him in a critical condition to the Chauddagram Upazila Health Complex.
Upazila Health and Family Planning Officer Dr Rashid Ahmed Chowdhury said that when Yusuf Hossain was brought to the emergency department, his condition was critical, so he was given primary treatment and sent to Cumilla. He died on the way to a hospital in Cumilla city.
Since the incident, Abul Kalam Azad and his men have been in hiding, so their statement could not be obtained.
Chauddagram Upazila Jamaat Secretary Muhammad Belal Hosain said Yusuf was a worker of their party. He died on the way to hospital after being beaten in public. He demanded a proper investigation, swift arrest of those involved and exemplary punishment.
Chauddagram Police Station OC Mohammad Arif Hosain said that on receiving the news, police recovered the body and sent it to the morgue of Cumilla Medical College Hospital. An autopsy was carried out there. Efforts are under way to arrest those involved, and legal proceedings in the incident are also under way.
