AL leader stabbed dead in Pabna

A local leader of ruling Bangladesh Awami League (AL) was stabbed to death allegedly by miscreants in Char Shibrampur of Pabna sadar upazila on Thursday, reports UNB.

The deceased is Khairul Islam, 42, convener of ward no 9 of Hemayetpur union Awami League and son of a certain Saber Ali.

Quoting family members, police said some unidentified miscreants swooped on Khairul when he went to the sluice gate area for fishing in the evening and stabbed him indiscriminately, leaving him critically injured.

He was taken to Pabna General Hospital where he succumbed to his injuries around 9:00pm, said Obaidul Haque, officer-in-charge of sadar police station.