Ex-BNP leader killed in Pabna

A former BNP leader was killed and two people were injured in an attack by some miscreants following previous enmity at Paida village in Sadar upazila on Sunday.The deceased was identified as Mirza Makbul Hossain alias Dulal Master, 52, former assistant organising secretary of district unit BNP and a retired school teacher.Local people said a group of miscreants swooped on Dulal while he was working in his cropland around 3 pm and beat him mercilessly, leaving him critically injured.Two people—Arjan Sardar, 60, a former UP member and Ahmed Ali, 30—were injured in the attack as they tried to save Dulal Master.The injured  were rushed to Pabna General Hospital where the doctors declared Dulal Master dead.Abdullah Al Hasan, officer-in-charge of Sadar Police Station, said police are investigating the incident.-(UNB)