Miscreants gunned down a local leader of Jubo League (JL), an associate body of the ruling Awami League, in Ratanpur area of Sadar upazila on Tuesday night.
The deceased, identified as Sadek Hossain Sheikh, 40, ward no. 1 unit JL leader of Panchasar union of the upazila, is son of Ali Siddique Sheikh of the area.Police said some unidentified miscreants fired shots at Sadek in the area around 8:00pm while he was on his way home, leaving him critically injured.He was rushed to Munshiganj General Hospital where on-duty doctors pronounced him dead.Police detained a young man named Sabuj in connection with the killing.M Habibur Rahman, superintendent of police of Munshiganj, said the murder might have taken place as a sequel to previous enmity over a piece of land.Blaming the local BNP for the incident, local JL activists brought out a procession in the area at night.As a tense situation was prevailing in the area over the incident, additional police were deployed there to avoid any further trouble, added the SP. –UNB, Munshiganj
