Former UP member killed

A gang of criminals swooped on a former union parishad member of Parbotipur union and killed him at Jagot village of Gomostapur upazila yesterday. The victim was identified as, Mohammad Shamsuddin alias Togor, 40, son of Khoda Bux of the village. Police and locals said, the gang stabbed Togor indiscriminately on Tuesday at around 8:45 pm when he was returning home from local Enayetpur market by a motorbike. Togor later died at Rajshahi Medical College Hospital yesterday morning. The murder is a sequel to previous enmity between two local groups over a disputed pond, police said.