Awami League leader shot dead in Sirajganj

A local leader of Awami League was shot and killed at Datta Bari area in Sirajganj on Saturday night.

The victim is Bakul Hayder, a man in his fifties, was the joint general secretary of Baghbari union Awami League and son of Hazrat Munshi, a resident of village Datta Bari.

He was former member of Baghbari union parishad.

Police said that unidentified miscreants shot him near his house when he was returning home by a motorcycle.

The incident took place at about 8:30pm on Sirajganj-Kazipur road at Datta Bari.

Sirajganj sadar police station inspector Saiful Islam said that the bullet hit him in his right head.

The body was sent to Sadar Hospital morgue for post-mortem examination. Filing of a case was underway.

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