Pabna Awami League leader shot dead in Bangladesh

A local leader of the ruling Awami League was shot dead by miscreants in Pabna Sadar upazila in Bangladesh.

The deceased Abdur Rahim, 40, was general secretary of Goyeshpur union unit Awami League, reports Daily Star.

A group of armed miscreants shot Rahim when he was going to a Payda Bazar in the area around 9:00am, the officer in-charge said.

The armed men managed to flee the scene, leaving him dead on the spot, he added.

The police recovered the body and sent it to Pabna General Hospital for autopsy.