Published :Thursday, 31 March, 2016, Time : 12:00 AM View Count : 19
JESSORE, Mar 30: A local BNP leader was shot to death by miscreants at Shyamnagar Bazaar in Sadar upazila of the district on Tuesday. The victim was identified as Idris Ali, 45, a leader of Hashimpur union unit of BNP and son of late Hashem Ali of Shyammnagar village in the upazila. Locals and hospital sources said a group of miscreants, numbering three and riding a motorcycle, fired three rounds of bullet at Idris while he was playing carom in Shyamnagar Bazar around 6:30pm, leaving him injured. Later, the trio fled the scene, firing several rounds of blank shots. The injured was taken to Jessore 250-Bed General Hospital where doctors declared him dead. Contacted, Officer-in-Charge of Kotwali Police Station Ilias Hossain said they had heard about the killing of a BNP leader. ?UNB