Unidentified assailants have shot a Union Parishad chairman, also a Jatiya Party leader, to death in Satkhira.
The victim has been identified as Mosharraf Hossain. He was the chairman of district’s Krishnanagar Union Parishad and general secretary of Jatiya Party’s Kaliganj upazila unit.
The incident was reported from district’s Kaliganj upazila around 11pm of Saturday, said Kaliganj Police OC Hasan Hafizur Rahman.
“He died on the spot,” he added.
Krisnanagar Union Awami League General Secretary Suruj Hossain said, “Some unidentified assailants came with two motorcycles and shot Mosharraf while he was in a chair at the office veranda and fled away from the scene.”
“He was rushed to the Kaliganj Hospital where the doctor declared him dead,” he added.
Kaliganj Hospital resident medical officer Toyubur Rahman said, “Hossain was brought in the hospital around 11.45pm of Saturday and we found him dead. He has been shot at his head and mouth.”