A leader of the Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) was shot dead while an activist was stabbed and shot in Noakhali on Thursday night.
Police recovered the body of Morshed Alam Parvez, 24, son of Alamgir Hossain, from Hasanpur of Sonapur union in the district. Morshed was the Sonaimuri union ward 3 unit secretary of the student wing of the BNP.
Ashraful Islam, officer-in-charge of Sonaimuri police station, said around 11:45pm on Thursday locals informed him that a bullet-hit body was lying beside a road at Hasanpur.
Police went to the spot and recovered the body of Morshed and sent it to Abdul Malek Ukil Medical College Hospital for autopsy.
In another incident, Abul Khair, 45, was taking tea at Abirpur Bazar at 10:30pm when a group of miscreants wearing masks attacked him with sharp weapons and stabbed him in the head. They also shot him in the back before leaving the scene.
Locals rushed him to Abdul Malek Ukil Medical College Hospital. When his condition deteriorated doctors referred him to Dhaka Medical College Hospital.
Two cases were filed with the police station concerned in connection with the incidents.