A youth was killed at Tikatuli in the capital yesterday for protesting the harassment of his niece by a local thug, police said. The dead is Nepal Das, 25, who used to work at a shop at RK Mission road.
Rajib Chowdhury, the suspected killer, forced into the shop around 4:30pm and hacked Nepal and then fled. The girl’s father, who owns the shop, was present at the scene.
Nepal was taken to the Dhaka Medical College Hospital where doctors declared him dead.
Rajib, who is on the run, used to harass Nepal’s ninth grader niece on her way to and from the school, which Nepal had protested, said Tapan Chandra Saha, officer-in-charge of Wari Police Station.
This went on for about a year, said Nepal’s father Gopal Das.
Rajib too was an employee at the shop where Nepal worked, but he was fired following incidents of harassment of the girl.
The girl’s father said Nepal had lodged a general diary against Rajib. “In response, Rajib threatened me over the phone a couple of times.”
The Daily Star has withheld the names of the girl and her father to protect the girl’s privacy.
-With The Daily Star input
