Gurudaspur Municipal Chhatra Dal Leader Shakil Islam Dies in Dhaka After Attack in Natore

Shakil Islam, member secretary of the municipal Chhatra Dal in Gurudaspur, Natore, who was seriously injured in an attack by assailants, has died. He died at 8:10pm on Monday (26 October) while undergoing treatment at a hospital in Dhaka.

Before his death, he had been kept on life support in the hospital's intensive care unit (ICU) in critical condition. Shakil was the son of Rabiul Karim Mistri of the Kachharipara area of Gurudaspur upazila.

Local residents said that at around 10:30pm on 14 October, Shakil was walking home from Chanchkoir Bazar. When he reached the front of Noor Academy, two helmeted youths fired at him. As he ran to escape the shots, the attackers chased him on a motorcycle.

At one point, in front of the house of former municipal BNP general secretary Dulal Sarkar, the assailants hacked Shakil indiscriminately with sharp weapons and fled.

Local people later rescued him and took him to Gurudaspur Upazila Health Complex. After primary treatment, he was sent in critical condition to Rajshahi Medical College Hospital. When his condition deteriorated, he was shifted to PG Hospital in Dhaka for better treatment. He died there on Monday night.

Gurudaspur police station officer-in-charge (OC) Abdul Hannan told the media that the accused have been identified. He said details cannot be disclosed at this moment for the sake of the investigation.