Three BCL leaders and activists were killed in a road accident while trying to escape an attack allegedly by another fiction in Jhenaidah last night.
The deceased were identified as Jhenaidah Government Veterinary College VP Murad Biswas and BCL activists and Veterinary College students Touhid and Samaresh Hossain Shamir.
The accident took place around 11:00pm yesterday at Atharomile on Jhenaidah-Chuadanga Road, reports our Jhenaidah correspondent.
A BCL leader, Sajib Ahmed, GS of the college, was also hacked by the attackers during the incident.
Sajib, who was admitted to Jhenaidah Sadar Hospital, told The Daily Star, "We were returning to college from the town together on three motorcycles at night. At that time, members of another BCL group attacked me. I jumped into the pond when they attacked me with sharp weapon."
"Failing to get me, they tried to attack VP Murad. The three then lost control over the motorcycles and collided with a truck," he said.
The students of the college said Sajib has a conflict with Fahim Ahmed, vice-president of the district Chhatra League, also a former student of the college, over the leadership.
Murad and Sajib and some others reached the front of Johan Park on their way back to the campus from the city, when the opponents attacked them with sharp weapons.
Several people, including Sajib were seriously injured in the attack, the students said.
Then, the three people, including Murad, tried to escape on a motorcycle to escape from their attack and killed in a road accident, they said.
Fahim Ahmed, vice-president of the district Chhatra League, could not be reached for his comment.
Confirming the incident, Jhenaidah Sadar Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Sheikh Mohammad Sohel Rana said Sajib was first injured in the attack by a group of Chhatra League. He was rescued by the police and brought to the hospital.
While trying to flee the attack, three people including Murad were killed in a road accident, the OC said.
Police and fire brigade personnel recovered the body and sent it to the hospital morgue for autopsy.
Deputy Director of Jhenaidah Fire Service Station Shamimul Islam and Jhenaidah Sadar Hospital's emergency department doctor Taufiq Hasan said the three deceased had serious head injuries.
