A local BNP leader was stabbed to death in Kabirhat upazila of Noakhali on Wednesday night after protesting drug use and sales. The incident occurred around 11:30 p.m. near the Palli Bidyut substation at Tetultala Bazar in Sundalpur Union. The victim, Md. Faruk alias Shahid, 50, was a former publicity secretary of ward no. 6 BNP and a businessman at the same market. Locals detained two young men, Md. Arshad Akash, 26, and Md. Sajjad Hossain Akash, 20, and handed them over to police.

According to the victim’s son, a dispute had erupted the previous night between Faruk and Arshad Akash over drug use at a local shop, leading to the fatal attack the following evening. Police said the killing likely stemmed from that earlier conflict. The body was sent to Noakhali General Hospital for autopsy, and an investigation is underway.

Kabirhat BNP president Mostafizur Rahman Manju demanded exemplary punishment for those involved to prevent similar incidents in the future.