A man has been hacked and shot to death in Rajbari’s Pangsha Upazila.
The incident was reported from the upazila’s Sarisha Bazar area in the early hours on Thursday (May 2), said Pangsha police OC Ahsan Ullah.
The deceased has been identified as 40-year-old Pikul Biswas, brother of Sarihsa Union Parishad chairman, Ajmal Al Bahar.
Biswas was the organizing secretary of local Awami League unit.
According to locals, Pikul was ambushed when returning home from Sarisha Bazar around 1am. He was then shot and stabbed.
He was first taken to Pangha Upazila Health Complex and then shifted to Faridpur Medical College Hospital where the doctor declared him dead.
The assailants are yet to be found, said the OC before adding, “Police is investigating the motive behind the murder.”