Gunmen shot dead a Union Parishad chairman and Awami League leader in Kushtia yesterday.
The deceased, Jamil Hasan Bachchu, 42, was joint general secretary of Kumarkhali upazila AL, and chairman of Kaya union parishad.
Police said a gang of seven stopped Bachchu at Hatishako in Kumarkhali upazila when he was going to his village on a motorcycle at about 5:30pm. They shot him at point blank range.
As Bachchu died on the spot, the gunmen fled the scene. Four bullets pierced the chest and the head of the AL leader.
Hearing the sound of gunfire, locals rushed to the spot and found Bachchu lying dead in a pool of blood.
Police recovered the body and sent it to Kushtia General hospital.
Bachchu was elected chairman of Kaya union parishad in 2001.
District AL and its front organisations expressed deep shock over this incident and asked for immediate steps to identify those responsible for the killing.
Sahabuddin Khan, superintendent of police in Kushtia, said necessary measures have already been taken to arrest the criminals.