An Awami League leader was hacked to death by unidentified killers at Mir Warishpur union under Begumganj upazila early Thursday.
Deceased Abu Sayed Bhuiyan Ripon, a resident of Warishpur union, was the joint secretary of AL’s Mir Warishpur union unit.
According to locals, a group of miscreants hacked Ripon at Begumganj intersection when he was returning home with Tk2.5 lakh on a motorcycle around 2am, leaving him dead on the spot.
On information, police rushed to the spot and recovered the body, said Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Begumganj police station Mir Zahidul Haque Rony.
Police were trying to arrest the killers, he added.