An activist of Juba League, the youth wing of the ruling Awami League, was reportedly gunned down by miscreants in Bahadurpur Tetultala intersection of Jashore sadar early Friday.
The deceased was Mohammad Ali, son of Abdur Rahman of Bahadurpur area under the Sadar upazila and a associate of the Ward No-9 Councillor Haji Suman, also a Juba League leader.
According to the locals, the victim was campaigner of the newly-elected upazila chairman candidate Towhid Chaklader Fontu.
Mohammad Ali was returning home alone around 12:30am after attending a progamme organised by the elected chairman Fontu.
They said a group of four to five men intercepted his way in the Bahadurpur Tetultala intersection and fired in his head and fled away.
Mohammad Ali was rushed to Jashore General Hospital where doctors declared him dead. Dr Md Sujayet, a doctor of the emergency department of the hospital, the victim sustained two rounds of bullet -- one was in his head and another was in a leg.
Abdur Razzak, inspector (investigation) of Kotwali Police Station, said the motive behind the killing could not be determined immediately. But the victims family claimed the conflict over the Upazila Parishad election led to the killing.
