Sources said the mayor received three bullets in his chest, head and abdomen and he was rushed to Dhaka Medical College Hospital after the attack. He succumbed to his injuries at DMCH, party and medical sources said.
His companion Shyamol who also suffered bullet injuries in the attack was sent to Dhaka for treatment.
Witnesses said the mayor, also Narsingdi town AL general secretary, was talking to party men at about 8:30pm when a gang of three gunmen wearing masks entered the AL office and opened fire, leaving them critically injured.
Police confirmed the incident but could not immediately ascertain the motive behind the killing. No one was arrested till 9:00pm.
Locals suspected that the attack might be a sequel to the internal conflict of local Awami League.
As the news spread, AL activists brought out processions in different parts of the town. They were chanting slogans demanding immediate arrest of the killers. On information, huge contingents of police and elite-force RAB were deployed in the district headquarters as tensions mounted in the town.
?Panic gripped the common people of the town following the incident. Shops and markets were soon shut down,? says an eyewitness account of the scenes. Additional police super of the district Bijoy Bosak said, ?We are trying to track down the miscreants involved in the incident.?
Source: daily-sun.com
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