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UP member hacked to death in Narail
A Union Parishad (UP) member was hacked to death by unidentified assailants while returning home from a local market in Kalia upazila of Narail on Thursday night.
The deceased was identified as Md Moni Mia Sheikh, 45, a member from ward No. 1 of Jaynagor Union Parishad and a resident of Char Jaynagor village.
According to police and locals, around 11:30pm, Moni Mia was returning home after shopping at Puthimari Bazar when a group of assailants attacked him with sharp weapons in front of the house of Kamrul Thakur in Panipara village under Naragati Police Station.
The attackers indiscriminately hacked him and fled the scene, leaving him critically injured.
Locals rescued Moni Mia and took him to Kalia Upazila Health Complex. After primary treatment, the doctor on duty referred him to a hospital in Dhaka as his condition deteriorated.
However, he died on the way to the capital, family members said.
Officer-in-Charge of Naragati Police Station Abdur Rahim said the body was sent to Narail District Hospital for an autopsy.
The motive behind the attack could not be known immediately, he said, adding that they were trying to identify and arrest those involved in the incident, reports UNB.