Unknown miscreants on Tuesday night shot dead a member of extremist outfit Purba Banglar Communist Party at Charulia of Damurhuda upazila in Chuadanga. The victim, Saiful Islam, 35, was a resident of Ramnagar village and son of Nazrul Islam.
Officer in-Charge of Damurhuda Model police station Kamruzzaman said, farmers had informed police seeing the body lying in a mango grove yesterday morning. Police recovered the body and sent it to Chuadanga Sadar Hospital for autopsy.
OC further said Saiful Islam was an active member of the extremist group. There had been a number of cases against him with Damurhuda and Meherpur Mujibnagar police station. Efforts were on to arrest the perpetrators, police added.