An Awami League leader has been shot dead in Dhaka’s Badda area.
The deceased, Farhad Ali, was the Badda Union Awami League secretary.
He was shot dead after Jumma prayers, Badda police station Inspector (investigation) Nazrul Islam told Dhaka Tribune a short while ago today, Friday.
The inspector said the assailants shot Farhad as he came out of a mosque in Badda’s Alir Mor area. Later, they fled the scene.
He said police are trying to arrest the killers.