ISHWARDI, PABNA: Miscreants chopped a union Juba League leader to death in the upazila early Tuesday.

The deceased was identified as Rafiqul Islam Lablu, 37, who was also a former general secretary of Pakshi union parishad unit of Bangladesh Chhattra League, son of late Jhoru Mondal of Ruppur village of the upazila.

Police sources told banglanews, “Lablu was returning home riding a motorcycle at 12:00am after finishing his contractor’s work at Ruppur Nuclear Power Project.”

Miscreants indiscriminately chopped him tying with rope on the road near Pakshi Railway Station and took the bike, leaving Lablu critically injured, the sources added.

Being informed, relatives rescued Lablu and rushed him to Rajshahi Medical College Hospital where he succumbed to his injuries while undergoing treatment.

Confirming the matter to banglanews, Ishwardi Thana officer-In-Charge Biman Kumar Das said, “Police visited the spot and are investigating the matter.”

Meanwhile, local people, angered on the killing, put barricades in Ruppur Pakar Mor area on Ishwardi-Khustia highway, bringing a halt to the communication between Southern and Northern regions.

Hundreds of vehicles fell standard in both sides of the barricade on the highway till filing this report at 8:30am.

BDST: 1022 HRS, SEP 02, 2014