Ex-AL leader shot dead in Khulna

Unidentified miscreants shot dead a former Awami League leader in Khulna city this afternoon.

The deceased was identified as Sheikh Ansar Ali, former cultural secretary of Khulna's Digholia upazila unit AL, reports our local correspondent.

The miscreants shot him in front of the Linda Clinic in Shiromani area around 2:00pm, said Md Kamal Hossain Khan, officer-in-charge of Khanjahan Ali Police Station.

Quoting locals, OC Kamal said Ansar Ali was returning home after Juma prayers. When he reached Linda Clinic around 2:00pm, some miscreants stopped and shot him, leaving him dead on the spot.

On information, police recovered the body and sent it to Khulna Medical College Hospital for autopsy, the OC added.