The general secretary of the Bagerhat unit of Swechchasebak Dal, the BNP volunteers' wing, was shot dead by unidentified assailants in the district town on Friday, police said.
The deceased was identified as Nure Alam Tanu Bhuiyan, 37, was from the Bashabati area of Bagerhat town.
"The Swechchasebak Dal leader was gunned down near his house around 9:30pm. The unidentified men, who shot him multiple times, ran away," KM Azizul Islam, officer-in-charge (OC) of Bagerhat Model Police Station, said.
Tanu was declared dead after he was rushed to Bagerhat Sheikh Razia Naser General Hospital.
"Police are working to find out the reason behind the murder and arrest the killers. We are assuming that someone assassinated him to settle an old score," the OC said.
