Awami League leader shot dead in Noakhali

The murdered Abul Hossain was president of the party’s Ward No 4 committee in Andarchar Union.

Sudharam Police station OC Mohd Anwar Hossain said, Abul Hossain was shot dead around midnight on Saturday at Banglabazar area of Andarchar Union.

He was returning home on foot when shot by the assailants, the OC said.

Locals rushed Hossain to the Noakhali Sadar Hospital where on-duty doctors declared him dead.

“Abul Hossain was shot in the chest and abdomen. He died before he was brought to the hospital,” said Mohammed Salim in the hospital’s emergency unit.

Police has not been able to ascertain the motive behind Hossain’s murder.

Source: bdnews24