Miscreants have hacked an Awami League leader to death in Sirajganj following dispute over nomination of chairman candidate for union parishad polls.
Korban Ali, son of Abdul Aziz, was the general secretary of Kayempur union Awami League.
The murder took place near Shorappur Shayestabad School at sadar upazila around 9:30pm Monday.
Police recovered the body of Korban Ali, 42, around 11pm. The body was sent to Sirajgaj sadar hospital for autopsy on Tuesday morning.
A case was filed against 30 people including Kayempur union Awami League President Hasan Ali. None was arrested in this connection when the story was filed.
Shahjadpur police station Sub-Inspector Munir Hossain said Korban was hacked while he was returning to home on Monday night.
OC Rezaul Haque said police were assuming that Korban was murdered following dispute over candidate nomination in upcoming the union parishad polls.