A local Awami League leader, also accused in a murder case, was gunned down by miscreants in Shiromani area of Khanjahan Ali Thana on Friday.
The deceased was identified as Sheikh Ansar Ali,43, former cultural secretary of Awami League's Dighlia upazila unit.
He was accused in the murder case of Barakpur Union Chairman Zakir of Dighlia Upazila, said police.
Md Kamal Hossain, officer-in-charge of Khanjahan Ali police station, said Ansar Ali was returning home after Jumma prayers. When he reached in front of Linda clinic, assailants opened fire on Ansar Ali, leaving him dead on the spot.
"On information, police recovered the body and sent it to Khulna Medical College Hospital for autopsy," added the OC.
However, the motive behind the killing could not be known immediately.