Jamaat-e-Islami will enforce a daylong hartal in Bogra on Saturday protesting the deaths of its three activists in clashes over Thursday's shutdown.
Talking to The Daily Star, the president and secretary of Bogra unit of Jamaat said that they will enforce a dawn-to-dusk hartal in the district protesting the deaths.
A Shibir man was killed and at least three were injured critically when the activists of Jamaat and its student wing Islami Chhatra Shibir clashed with police and Rab personnel in the town.
Abu Raihan, in-charge of Silimpur Police outpost, told The Daily Star that Abdullah, 22, was rushed to Shaheed Ziaur Rahman Medical College Hospital in Bogra where he was pronounced dead.
The clash broke out after two Jamaat-Shibir men were hacked to death allegedly by the ruling party activists during Thursday's hartal.
Police said a students' hostel was torched during the clash.
Another clash erupted when police intercepted a procession brought out by the hartal activists in Bogra town, reports our Bogra correspondent.
The processionists were carrying the bodies of two Jamaat-Shibir men who were hacked to death allegedly by the ruling party men during Thursday's hartal.
Mokbul Hossain, assistant superintendent of police, told The Daily Star that law enforcers fired around 400 rounds of tear shells and brought the situation under control around 6:45pm, reports our Bogra correspondent.
The activists of Jamaat-e-Islami and its student wing Islami Chhatra Shibir exploded four to five cocktails in Shatmatha area during the clash, said the police official.
Additional police and Rab personnel were also deployed, the ASP added.
Jamaat and Shibir blamed Bangladesh Chhatra League, student body backed by Awami League, for the killings, an accusation denied by the ruling party leaders.
The deceased are Abu Ruhani, 22, president of Azizul Haque College, Old Bhaban unit of Shibir and Mizanur Rahman, 30, a Jamaat activist and owner of a hatchery.
Unidentified criminals stabbed four youths in front of Mujibur Rahman Women's College in the town around noon, reports our Bogra correspondent.
They were rushed to Shaheed Ziaur Rahman Medical College Hospital where Ruhani died around 2:30pm.
The injured -- Shamin Miah, Adnan Rafique, and Shabbir Pramanik -- are undergoing treatment at the hospital.
Shibir town publicity secretary Mizanur Rahman claimed armed BCL activists stabbed the Shibir activists while they were picketing during Thursday's hartal enforced by Jamaat-e-Islami.
BCL Secretary Mashrafi Hero however denied the allegation.
In another incident, unidentified miscreants stabbed Mizanur to death when he was working at his hatchery at Satgram, on the outskirts of the town, around 1:30pm.
Mazedur Rahman Jewel, town secretary of Shibir, claimed that victim Mizanur was a Jamaat activist.
Abu Raihan, in-charge of Silimpur Police outpost, confirmed the murder.
Son of Abu Bakker of Mondalpara area in Bogra, Rohany was an honours final year student at social science department of the college while Mizanur Rahman was the owner of Bhai-Bon hatchery in the town.
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