Our Correspondent :
An Awami League leader in Rajbari Sadar upazila was shot dead by unidentified miscreants on early Friday.
Deceased Abdul Latif was the president of Baniboho union unit AL and former chairman of the union. He was the chairman candidate in the union parishad election that held on Thursday.
The incident took place at Bazarpara area at about 3:30am. Family members of the victim said they woke up hearing the sound of bullet. Later, they found bullet-injured Abdul Latif lying on the ground.
He was at first taken to Sadar Hospital and, later, shifted to Faridpur Bangabandhu Medical College Hospital. The AL leader succumbed to his injuries on way to Dhaka.
The body bore five bullet injuries, the family added.