Unidentified miscreants have killed a man in the hill tract district of Bandarban.

The incident was reported around 10pm on Tuesday (May 7) from Tangkhali area in Rajbila Union of Sadar Upazila, said police.

The victim, 35-year-old Binay Tangchanga, was an activist of Parbatiya Chattogram Jana Sanghati Samity (JSS) MN Larma faction.

The miscreants also kidnapped another JSS activist identified as Puradhan Tanchanga, 32.

Soon after the incident, a joint force of the army and police have been deployed in the area.

Local UP member Mong Nu Marma and witnesses said a group of miscreants had shot Binay Tangchanga and kidnapped Puradhan Tanchanga late on Tuesday.

The locals said they both were associated with JSS.

“Both the victim belongs to JSS,” Uchomong Marma, president of the JSS’s district unit, said before adding, “Our sources confirmed that the incidents have been masterminded by a group locally known as Mogh Bahini.”

“The killing was reported from a remote area of the district and a police team has been sent to the spot,” said Superintendent of police Mohammad Zakir Hossain Majumder.