A local leader of the Swechchhasebak Dal was hacked to death by assailants in Mymensingh city on Sunday evening, 15 November, while travelling on a motorcycle with his young child. The victim, 35-year-old Md. Zaman, was ambushed at around 7:00 pm near Majid Market in the Madhya Barera area under Ward 26 of Kotwali Police Station. The brazen attack on a public thoroughfare has left residents across the neighbourhood deeply shaken.
Zaman was the son of Abu Bakkar Siddique and a permanent resident of Madhya Barera. Active in local politics, he served as a member of the current committee of the Ward 26 unit of the Swechchhasebak Dal.
According to police and local accounts, Zaman had set out from his residence on his motorbike shortly before 7:00 pm, taking his young child along with him. As he reached the road junction adjacent to Majid Market, a group of miscreants, including one identified as Mehedi, suddenly intercepted his vehicle. Before Zaman could react or defend himself, the attackers lunged forward and struck him repeatedly in the chest with sharp weapons. Leaving him bleeding heavily on the road, the perpetrators swiftly fled the scene, leaving the young child traumatised by the sudden violence.
Bystanders and alarmed relatives rushed to the spot within moments, rescuing the critically wounded leader and hurrying him to the emergency department of Mymensingh Medical College Hospital. Their efforts to save him proved futile. Duty doctors examined Zaman upon arrival and pronounced him dead at around 7:30 pm.
Relatives of the deceased maintain that the murder stemmed from a local commercial rivalry. Zaman’s elder brother, Roman Kawsar—who serves as president of the Ward 26 Swechchhasebak Dal—alleged that his brother had been locked in a dispute with a local pro-Awami League group of sand traders over the control of the sand business in the area. Kawsar claimed that this hostility directly prompted the rival faction to orchestrate Zaman’s killing.
Law enforcement officials have launched an investigation into the murder. Confirming the incident, Abdullah Al Mamun, Additional Superintendent of Police (Administration and Finance) in Mymensingh, stated that the body has been placed in the Mymensingh Medical College Hospital morgue for a post-mortem examination. Multiple police teams are currently working on the ground to uncover the exact motive behind the crime, identify everyone involved, and bring the culprits into custody. Formal legal proceedings are underway, he added.
