Our correspondent from Kushtia reports, activists of outlawed Purbo Banglar Communist Party (PBCP-ML) Janajuddho faction slaughtered two members of BNP and its ally Jamaat-e-Islami at Sadipur village under Daulatpur upazila on Saturday night.

Soon after the murder, Janajuddho claimed responsibility for the killings.

The dead were identified as Afaz Uddin, 40, a BNP activist, and Abu Daud, 38, a Jamaat activist, both from Bahirmadi village of the same upazila.

The Janajuddho outlaws swooped on the victims at Sadipur bridge at around 11:30pm when they were returning home at Bahirmadi from adjacent Philipnagar bazar after polls campaign. They slaughtered the two after taking them to a nearby field, sources said.

The Janajuddho men left the scene blasting several bombs, police said.

Police however claimed that Afaz and Daud went to a Philipnagar house to choose a bride for Afaz's son.

Police recovered some fliers containing Janajuddho ideology.

In Comilla, unknown assailants mugged and slaughtered three vegetable traders in Laksam upazila on Saturday night, reports UNB.

The deceased were identified as Uttam Kumar Devnath, 25, his younger brother Porikkhit Devnath from Protappur village and Bachchu Mia, 50, of Jagatpur village of the same upazila.

Police recovered the bodies from Rajapur yesterday morning and sent those to hospital for autopsies.

Police quoting local people said the armed assailants swooped on the three vegetable traders of Sree Ang bazar on their way home on Saturday night and slaughtered them for their money.

UNB also reports, unknown assailants slaughtered a young man at Uttar Boalia under Kolaroa upazila in Satkhira.

Police recovered the body of Sirajul Islam, 35, lying on the road. Siraj used to transport people on his motorbike.

It is suspected that the slayers hired him to transport them to a certain place and slaughtered him on the way for his money and the motorbike.