Chhatra Dal activist shot dead in Pabna

PABNA, Aug 07 (UNB): A Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) activist was shot dead by unidentified miscreants in Ishwardi upazila of Pabna Tuesday night.
The deceased was identified as a Sachin Biswas Saju,22, son of the late Bilat Biswas from Notun Rupur Dakshinpara village.
Tanvir Hasan Sumon, former general secretary of the upazila Chhatra Dal, claimed that Sachin was an activist of the No 6 ward Chhatra Dal in Pakshi Union.
Locals said he was in a picnic with friends at a house near the Jigatola Mosque at around 10:30 PM on Tuesday night. He stepped out to talk on his mobile phone when assailants shot him in the head and stabbed him before fleeing on a motorcycle.