Map of Pabna district | Dhaka TribunePolice denies Awami League's claim that the incident took place while police were presentA Union Parishad (UP) member, who is also an Awami League leader, has been shot and hacked to death in the Ananta Bazar area in Pabna town on Friday. The incident took place at 6pm when a chase and counter-chase occured between supporters of local influentials Mokhles and Bokul over establishing supremacy, said police. The deceased has been identified as Bokul Sheikh, a member of ward no 7 of the union council, and joint general secretary of ward unit Awami League. Confirming the party identity of the deceased, Advocate Abdul Ahad Babu, office secretary of Pabna District unit Awami League, said: "The Mokhles gang is notorious for their role in extorting money. Pabna police station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Md Nasim Ahmed denied that the murder took place when police were present and said reinforcement has been deployed in the area to prevent any further untoward situation.

Source: Dhaka Tribune December 12, 2020 05:15 UTC