Pabna: A local leader of the Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) was shot and hacked to death by miscreants in Ishwardi upazila of Pabna on Thursday night. The victim, Imran Hossain Sohagh, aged 26, was the convener of the proposed upazila JCD committee and served as the member secretary of the upazila unit of Zia Cyber Force.
According to United News of Bangladesh, Sohagh was chatting with friends at a tea stall in front of Sada Gopalpur High School in the municipal town when masked attackers assaulted him. The attackers hacked him indiscriminately and shot him around 10:30 p.m. before fleeing the scene. Sohagh succumbed to his injuries on the spot.
Additional Superintendent of Police (Ishwardi Circle) Pranab Kumar stated that police arrived at the location after receiving information about the incident. They recovered cartridges from the site. The body was sent to Pabna General Hospital morgue for an autopsy. Authorities have launched an investigation into the murder.