Newly elected UP member shot dead in Jashore

Unidentified miscreants have gunned down a recently elected member of Shundoli Union Parishad in Jashore on Monday night.

The deceased was identified as Uttam Kumar Sarkar, son of Oshantu Sarkar of Harishpur village in the Sundoli upazila.

Uttam was elected member of ward-1 of the Sundoli UP on 26 December.

The incident occurred around 8:30 pm on the road adjacent to Harishpur Government Primary School.

Locals said, some miscreants attacked Uttam while heading toward his home from Sundoli Bazar. They (miscreants) shot him on chest and fled the spot as the locals came hearing the sound, they said.

Uttam died on the spot, said Md Shamim, officer-in-charge of Abhaynagar police station.

The body has been sent to Jashore Medical College for autopsy, he said.