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AL leader shot dead in Faridpur

 New Nation
 Published: 12:00 AM, 03 July 2016

UNB, Faridpur :
A local Awami League leader was chopped and shot to death by miscreants at Binkudia Bazar in Nagarkanda upazila on Friday.
The deceased was identified as Tihar Uddin Matabbar, a member of Saltha upazila unit of Awami League.
Sub-Inspector of Nagarkanda Police Station Sukanda Datta said Tihar came under attack by a group of miscreants in Binkudia Bazar area around 9pm on his way home from an iftar party held at Shakpaldia Government Primary School. The attackers chopped him and opened fire on him, leaving him dead on the spot.
On information, police recovered the body and took it to Nagarkanda Police Station.