BCL leader gun down in Kushtia

FT ONLINE

A leader of local unit of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) was shot dead by some unidentified miscreants at Faraji Para in Sadar upazila early Wednesday.

The deceased was identified as Nazmul Hossain, 27, a vice-president of district unit of BCL and son of Altaf Hossain of Sadar upazila.

Atiqur Rahman, sub-inspector of Kushtia Model Police Station, said a group of miscreants swooped on Nazmul and shot him in the head while sleeping at his residence.

Later, critically injured Atiqur was rushed to Kushtia General Hospital where the doctors declared him dead.

However, the motive behind the killign could not be known immediately, said police.