Jubo Dal man shot dead in Raozan

Members of the Juno Dal member wailing at his death at Raozan on Sunday.

Chattogram, July 7 -A Jubo Dal activist was gunned down by unidentified miscreants in Raozan upazila of Chattogram district on Sunday.

The deceased Md Selim, 42, was a resident of Kadalpur union of the upazila and an activist of the ward No-7 unit of the Juba Dal.

He was also the follower of BNP Vice Chairman and former MP Gias Uddin Quader Chowdhury.

According to police and locals, Selim was returning home on a motorcycle with his wife and child around 12 pm when a group of masked miscreants, dressed in black burqas, intercepted them near Ishan Pather Haat by blocking the road with a CNG-run autorickshaw.

The attackers fired at Selim from the front before fleeing the scene.

Locals rushed Selim to Raozan Upazila Health Complex where physicians declared him dead on arrival.

Officer-in-charge (OC) of Raozan Police Station Monirul Islam Bhuiyan said Selim was involved with local BNP politics and had multiple cases filed against him.

“We suspect the murder may be linked to a rivalry over establishing local dominance,” he said, adding that police were investigating the matter. - UNB