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Blind association leader killed in capital

Assailants killed organizing secretary of national association for the blinds by slitting his throat at his office in city's Chalkbazaar Bazar area on Wednesday afternoon.

The deceased Idris Ali Bepari, son of Karim Bepari, was an accused in the case related to the killing of the association's secretary general Kahlilur Rahman, police said.

The victim's wife, Parvin Akter, said that Idris was found dead at his office at Orphanage Road in Lalbagh area at around 2:30pm.

Police recovered the body and sent it to Dhaka Medical College Hospital morgue for post-mortem examination.

Ayub Ali, one of the members of the association, accused Idris's rivals in the organization of killing Idris by slitting his throat.

He alleged that some associates of the deceased Khalilur Rahman had threatened Idris to kill him over cell phone a few days back.

'Idris had rivalry with Md Kamal, Minhaz Uddin, and Mohammad Sharif over the post of organizing secretary of the organisation. They threatened to kill him last week,' he said.

Idris Ali hailed from village Tulatola of Shahriatpur district. He lived in Hazi Ballu Road of Rahmatganj.

Sub-inspector Aminul Islam of Chalkbazaar Bazar police station told New Age that rivalry with some members of the organisation might be one of the reasons behind killing Idris Ali.

He said that filing of case was underway in this connection.

On January 2, 2011, assailants shot dead secretary general Kahlilur Rahman when he was returning home after visiting the house of a leader of the association at Mirpur-2.

Source : New Age