NETROKONA: Miscreants chopped to death a BNP leader in Sandikona union under Kendua upazila of the district on Wednesday night.

The deceased was identified as Mohammad Ali, 55, a president of Sandikona union BNP unit of the upazila.

Sources said that a group of miscreants attacked Ali while he was watching a football match of world cup in a shop nearby his home around 11:30pm, leaving him dead on the spot. 

Confirming the matter, Kendua Thana Officer-in-Charge Aviranjan Dev told banglanews, “The deceased was the main accused of Union Member Samsu killing case.”

Following the matter, additional police men were deployed in the area, he added.

BDST: 0954 HRS, JUN 26, 2014