Miscreants have shot dead a local Awami League leader at Sarishabarhi in Jamalpur.
Published : 18 Dec 2015, 07:54 PM
Additional Superintendent of Police Shariful Haque said another person was wounded in the attack at Char Hatbarhi in Doail Union.
Deceased Hanif Uddin, 45, was the president of the ruling party’s Doail Union unit, its Sarishabarhi Upazila unit chief Sanwar Hossain Badsha told bdnews24.com.
ASP Haque said Uddin came under attack at a tea stall in the evening.
“Six people came on two motorcycles and ordered tea. At one stage, one of them shot Hanif in his head at point blank range. He died on the spot,” Haque said.
One Mojahar Mandal, 65, was wounded in the shooting, he said.
Mandal was taken to Sarishabarhi Health Complex.