UNB, Naogaon :
A local Swechchhasebak League leader and his younger brother were hacked to death by unidentified miscreants at Durgapur in Sadar upazila early Monday.
The deceased were identified as Ohidur Islam, 42, vice-president of Sadar upazila unit of the volunteer front of ruling Awami League and his brother Shahin Islam, 32, sons of late Mujibar Rahman of Chakprachi village of the same upazila.
Samir Kumar Sutradhar, officer-in-charge (Investigation) of Sadar Model Police Station, said a group of miscreants swooped on Ohidur and Shahin when they were returning home on foot at around 12:30 am.
Later, the criminals indiscriminately hacked both the brothers with sharp weapons, leaving them dead on the spot. Informed, police rushed to the spot and sent the two bodies to Naogaon Sadar Hospital for autopsy.
The Swechchhasebak League leader and his younger brother might have been killed over previous enmity, the OC added. A case was filed in this connection.
