A local Awami League leader was bullet-injured and hacked to death by miscreants in Baramhati Bazer area of Lalpur upazila of Natore on Saturday night.
The deceased was identified as Abbas Ali, 55, vice-president of Arjunpur Baramhati union unit of Awami League.
Locals said a group of miscreants fired gunshots at Abbas Ali at a local market at about 7:30 pm when he was in a discussion with some of his associates.
When Abbas got bullet-hit at one of his legs, his associates ran away.
At one point, the miscreants indiscriminately hacked him with sharp weapons and fled the scene.
Locals rescued the injured and whisked him off to the upazila health complex.
Later, he was shifted to Rajshahi Medical College Hospital (RMCH) where doctors declared him dead.
Officer-in-charge of Lalpur Police Station Abu Wayyed confirmed the incident to a news agency.
Police is trying to arrest the alleged killers, he added.
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Source: The Financial Express