Rajbari Krishak League leader gunned down
Saturday, 22 November 2014
A top leader of Rajbari district unit of Krishak League has been shot to death by unknown assailants. Police and local people said a gang of armed miscreants fired two rounds of bullet at Munshi Nader Hossain, 60, President of Rajbari district unit Krishak League and also the senior vice chairman of Pangsha Upazila, when he was going to Pangsha town from his residence around 9:00am on Friday. Locals rescued critically injured Nader and whisked him to a Pangsha hospital from where he was shifted to Faridpur Medical College Hospital. He succumbed to his injuries there around 12:30 am on Saturday, police and hospital sources said. Earlier, unknown miscreants threatened Nader several times demanding a big amount of money as illegal toll from the leader of the Krishak League, a front organisation of the ruling Awami League, according to a news agency.