A local Awami League leader was hacked to death at Dubail in Gafargaon upazila of Mymensingh district on Monday night.

The deceased was identified as--Mohar Uddin, vice-president of word-1 unit of Awami League under Niguari union.

Pagla Police Station OC Chan Miah said, a group of armed miscreants swooped on Mohar in the area around 8:30pm while he was returning home.

The attackers hacked him indiscriminately, leaving him critically injured.

Locals rescued the Awami League leader and took him to Sreepur Upazila Health Complex in Gazipur where doctors declared him dead.

The killing might have happened following previous enmity, the OC said.

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