UNB, Jhenidah :
A man was killed and another sustained injures in a gun attack by miscreants in Kushbaria Bazar area of Sadar upazila on Tuesday night.
The deceased was identified as Rintu Munshi, 32, a local activist of Awami League and son of Habibur alias Kati Munshi of Marundi village in the upazila while the injured was Abdul Majid, son of Jharu Mandal of Laxmipur village in the same upazila.
Officer-in-charge of Sadar Police Station Shahbuddin Azad said Rintu came under attack by a group of miscreants while he along with Majid on a motorcycle was returning home from his business establishment in Kushbaria Bazar at about 8:15pm.
Miscreants opened fire at Rinku and Majid from a close range near Katakhal Bridge, leaving them injured critically. Local people took them to sadar hospital where doctors declared Rintu dead. A local AL leader alleged that Rintu’s rivals might have killed him over previous enmity.
