Juba Dal activist dies of wounds

A Juba Dal activist has died a day after he was shot in what is believed to be a sequel to an intra-party feud in Lakshmipur on Thursday.

Abul Hossain alias Abu died at Maijdi Asia Hospital at 6am, Md Altaf Hossain, OC at Sadar Police Station, told reporters on Friday.

The 40-year-old was an activist of BNP youth wing's Chandraganj Union Parisad unit, said Md Shahjahan, its President, adding that Abu was a member of the Jisan Gang, a local terror group.

Abu's brother, Habib, said his brother had gone to supervise an earth-filling work beside Samata Cinema Hall at Chandraganj Market around noon on Thursday.

A group of about eight people, including Rubel and Mizan, of the Nasir Gang, also a terror group, had attacked Abu and shot him in the chest at point-blank range, he said.

He had then been admitted to the hospital with critical injuriries, he said.

Abu might have been killed in sequel to an intra-party conflict, Habib said.

The deceased had faced several cases, said OC Hossain.