Noakhali JCD leader receives bullet injury

A leader of Bangladesh Nationalist Party's student wing Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) was shot by some unknown assailants in Noakhali on Saturday night, reports UNB.

The victim is Shaidullah Liton, 27, president of Sonamukhi city's JCD unit and son of Md Hanif.

Sonamukhi municipality BNP president Motaher Hossain Manik said a group of unidentified assailants picked Shaidullah from in front of his house around 11:30pm.

Later, the assailants beat him severely after tying his face with his t-shirt, and left him in the area after shooting him in his right leg.

Locals took him to Noakhali General Hospital in a critical condition, Manik added.

Abdul Mojid, officer-in-charge of Sonamukhi police station, said he had no information in this regard yet. Necessary steps would be taken after receiving a written complaint, he added.