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Uttara Bank official dies after alleged attack by furniture trader over loan dispute

From Daily Star · () English

Translated from English, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.

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News Named sources Outcome reported
  • A senior official at Uttara Bank PLC died from injuries sustained in a sharp weapon attack.
  • The victim, Md Ariful Islam, was allegedly attacked by a furniture trader following an argument over a loan disbursement.
  • Police are currently conducting raids to apprehend the suspect.

Md Ariful Islam, a principal officer at Uttara Bank PLC's Gopinathpur branch, died on Tuesday while undergoing treatment in Dhaka. He had been critically injured a day earlier in an alleged attack with a sharp weapon in Brahmanbaria's Kasba upazila.

The incident occurred on Monday evening in front of Green Health Hospital at Gopinathpur Bazar. According to local accounts, furniture trader Ali Hossain, 48, repeatedly struck Islam, 45, on the head and neck before fleeing the scene. Bystanders and colleagues rushed Islam to the Kasba Upazila Health Complex, from where he was later transferred to a Dhaka hospital.

Kasba Police Station Officer-in-Charge Ali Mohammad Rashed stated that local residents reported the attack stemmed from an argument related to a loan disbursement at the Uttara Bank branch. The accused, Ali Hossain, resides in the Gopinathpur union of Kasba upazila. Police are actively searching for the suspect, and legal proceedings have been initiated.

The accused, Ali Hossain, is a resident of Noamura village under Gopinathpur union in Kasba upazila.

— Ali Mohammad RashedKasba Police Station Officer-in-Charge providing details about the suspect.
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