Jamaat leader shot dead in Pabna
A local leader of Jamaat-e-Islami was hacked and shot dead by criminals in Charbalorampur area of the district town on Sunday night.
The deceased is Md Shariful Islam, 45, a member of Bharara union unit of Jamaat, and former member of the union parishad. He was also a teacher of Charbalorampur Dakhil Madrasa.
Police and locals said a masked gang of 4/5 attacked Shariful when he was watching television at a shop in the area at around 9:30pm.
The gang first hacked Shariful with sharp weapons and then shot him. He died on the spot, said Md Abu Sayeed, chairman of the union parishad.
On information, police rushed to the spot, recovered the body and sent it to a hospital morgue for autopsy. The reason behind the murder could not be known.
Officer-in-Charge Ahsanul Haque of Pabna Sadar Police Station said they are trying to unearth clue to the murder and arrest the culprits involved.
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