A violent clash broke out in Rupganj on Tuesday evening between activists of Jubo Dal and Chhatra Dal over the alleged attempt to forcibly release a detained leader of the banned Chhatra League. The incident left one man, Mamun Hossain Bhuiyan (32), fatally shot.
Mamun, the brother of Badol Hossain—Organizing Secretary of the Bhulta Union unit of Jubo Dal—succumbed to his injuries around 9:15 PM while undergoing treatment at Dhaka Medical College Hospital, Badol confirmed.
Mamun was a resident of Majhipara in Bhulta Union and owned a small gas cylinder shop in the area.
According to police and local sources, tensions flared in the afternoon when local residents, along with supporters of Jubo Dal leader Badol, detained Sabbir Hossain Khoka, the former Organizing Secretary of the Bhulta Union unit of the banned Chhatra League. While he was being taken toward Badol’s house, supporters of former Chhatra Dal leader Zayedul Islam Babu allegedly attacked the group, leading to a fierce confrontation.
Badol Hossain claimed that Babu and his followers opened fire during the clash, and his younger brother Mamun was shot. “Babu, siding with the Chhatra League leader, came to our house and opened fire. That’s when my brother was hit. He passed away later that night,”
Zayedul Islam Babu, a former Chhatra Dal leader and current aspirant for the Rupganj Upazila Jubo Dal presidency, is also the nephew of Mahbubur Rahman, convenor of the Narayanganj District Swechchhasebak Dal. When contacted on Tuesday evening, Babu denied the allegations, stating that he had heard about the shooting but was not present at the scene.
Local sources say the BNP in Rupganj remains divided into two rival factions—one led by Mostafizur Rahman Dipu, a member of the party’s executive committee, and the other by Kazi Moniruzzaman Monir, also a committee member and former district president. The clash appears to be an extension of a long-standing local power struggle between their followers, with Badol aligned with Dipu and Babu aligned with Monir.
Officer-in-Charge of Rupganj Police Station, Liaquat Ali, confirmed the death and said, “A case has already been filed regarding the incident. Once we receive official documents confirming the death, we will seek to add murder charges through court.”
He also confirmed that Sabbir Hossain Khoka, the Chhatra League leader at the center of the incident, remains in police custody. “Locals beat him severely and fractured his leg. He is currently under treatment at the National Institute of Traumatology and Orthopedic Rehabilitation (Pangu Hospital). Once treatment is complete, he will be produced before the court,” the OC said.
