Assailants hack Rajshahi University teacher Rezaul Karim Siddiquee to death

A university teacher in the northern Bangladesh district of Rajshahi has been murdered within 50 yards of his residence.

AFM Rezaul Karim Siddiquee, who taught English at the Rajshahi University, was hacked by sharp weapons.

Two men on a motorcycle attacked him around 7:30am on Saturday at the city’s Boalia area, police said quoting witnesses.

“He was on his way to catch a bus for the university campus,” said local police OC Shahdat Hossain.

“Motorcycle-borne assailants slashed his neck and killed him on the spot,” said the police officer. 

Siddiquee, an English Department teacher, used to write and was involved with several cultural organisations.

The motive behind the murder is yet to be known.

The victim’s family said that

His brother Sazidul Karim told bdnews24.com that they were not aware whether the Rajshahi University professor had been threatened by anyone recently.

Police said that they were looking for leads by working on all possible angles .

“We are checking whether any militant outfit is involved in the killing,” said Detective Branch Assistant Commissioner Sushanta Chandra Roy.

Two years ago, another Rajshahi University teacher AKM Shafiul Islam was similarly murdered.

Though his murder was claimed by Islamist radicals, police later ruled it out saying it was a sequel to a personal rivalry.

A few years ago, two other Rajshahi University teachers— M Younus and S Taher— had been killed.