Ruling party man shot dead

Criminals shot a local Bastuhara League leader dead on Khaldhar Road in Jessore district town yesterday afternoon.

The dead is Manjur Hossain, 40, vice president of Fatepur union unit of Bastuhara League, landless people's wing of the ruling Awami League (AL) party, and son of Yusuf Ali Biswas of Hamidpur on the outskirts of the town, said Jasim Uddin, president of Fatepur union unit of AL.

Shikder Akkas Ali, officer-in-charge of Kotwali Police Station, said a gang of three riding a motorbike opened fire on Manjur in the area at 3:45pm, leaving him critically injured when he was going home by an easy bike.

He was rushed to Jessore Medical College Hospital where the on-duty doctor declared him dead, said the OC.

None was arrested in this connection.