UP member shot dead, wife stabbed
A local UP member was shot dead at his house at Kholabai village in Phulchhari upazila early yesterday.
The attackers also swooped on his wife with sharp weapons, leaving her seriously injured during the incident.
The dead is Abdul Karim, 45, member of Phulchhari union parishad. His wife Omela Begum was admitted to Gaibandha Sadar Hospital with stab injuries.
Police said a gang of masked criminals entered on the house around 3:00am when the couple were asleep and opened fire on Karim, leaving him dead on the spot. The criminals hacked Omela as she tried to resist them.
The body was sent to the hospital morgue for autopsy, said officer in-charge of Phulchhari police station Moshiur Rahman.
The incident might have taken place over establishing supremacy in the area, said police.
Meanwhile, locals said that the deceased was a leader of a gang, locally known as Karim Bahini.
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