JnU student hacked to death

A Jagannath University (JnU) student was hacked to death by miscreants at Sutrapur area in the capital on Wednesday night.

The deceased is Nizam Uddin, a student of Masters of law of the university.

Dhaka Metropolitan Police Syed Nurul Islam deputy commissioner confirmed the matter.

He said at least four assailants hacked Nazimuddin’s head with a machete at about 9:45am. As he fell down, one of them shot him with a pistol from close range.

The police said the 28-year-old was killed as he posted against Islam on his Facebook page. Law enforcers were investigating whether Samad was murdered for his writing.

Samad had only recently arrived in Dhaka from the northeastern city of Sylhet to study law.

Deputy Commissioner Islam said police suspect the attackers had been monitoring the victim since before he arrived in Dhaka.