Ex-AL leader shot dead

JESSORE, Apr 7 (UNB): A former Awami League leader was gunned down by

some unidentified miscreants in Khalda road area of the district town on Tuesday afternoon.

The deceased was identified as Monjur Hossain (40), a resident of Hamidpur village in Sadar upazila and a former leader of Hamidpur union unit Awami League.

Three unidentified men riding a motorcycle intercepted Monjur on his way home from the town and shot him leaving him critically injured, said Shikdar Akkas Ali, officer-in-charge (OC) of Kotowali thana.