JSS member gunned down in Baghaichhari

RANGAMATI, Sept 17 (UNB): A member of the Parbatya Chattogram Jana Sanghati Samity (JSS) was shot dead by assailants in Rangamati on Friday, police said.

The deceased was identified as Suresh Kanti Chakma alias Dinesh, a resident of Jarulchhari village in Baghaichhari. He was a member of JSS Santu Larma faction.

According to locals, a group of armed men went to Dinesh's house in the Bangatali area of Baghaichhari Upazila and pumped bullets into his body, killing him on the spot.

Officer-in-charge of Baghaichhari police station Anwar Hossain Khan said that the victim's body was recovered from under a bed in Dinesh's house.

"We are trying to identify the assailants," he said.