AL leader murdered

Our Correspondent, Tangail
A local Awami League leader was murdered in Bhuapur upazila yesterday. Victim Abul Mannan Mondol, 50, was the law secretary of AL Gabsara union unit. Quoting family members, Harez Ali Miah, officer in-charge of Bhuapur police station, said Mondol went out of his house at Char Bihari village in the upazila Saturday morning for going to Pabna. But locals found his body in a bush at Ruhuli village yesterday morning and informed police. His hands and legs were found tied up with rope. “Several stab injury marks were found in his body,” the OC said. However, he could not say anything about the motive behind the killing.