BNP leader hacked to death in Naogaon

NAOGAON, Nov 19 (UNB): Masked miscreants hacked a local Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) leader to death in Talpukur area under Sadar upazila of Nagaon last night.

The deceased, Kamal Ahmed (60), was joint convenor of ward-9, Sadar municipality unit of BNP, confirmed the municipality unit's member secretary Mizanur Rahman Mizan.

Moreover, Kamal was the organising secretary of the district's Nazrul Academy and a member of the district committee of BNP's cultural wing Jatiyatabadi Samajik Sangskritik Sangstha.

Police and locals said the BNP leader, accompanied by others, was heading to a house in Rajakpur area from Bogura's Adamdighi by a battery-run easy bike around 9 pm last night.