A local leader of BNP was shot to death by his rivals over a land dispute in Sitakunda upazila of Chattogram district on Sunday.
The deceased was identified as Nurul Mostafa Bazal, 58, senior vice-president of Baroierdhala union unit BNP and son of Mujibul Haque of Paschim Lalanagar Subedar Bari in the upazila.
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Md Kamal Uddin, officer-in-charge of Sitakunda Model Police Station, said Bazal had an enmity with Touhidul Islam, who was wanted in several cases.
At 7:30 pm, Bazal and Touhidul locked into an altercation over the issue.
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At one stage, Touhidul stabbed Bazal with a sharp weapon and opened fire on him, leaving him injured.
Later, he was taken to Upazila Health Complex where the doctors declared him dead.
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Police are trying to arrest Touhidul as he is wanted in 18 cases.
However, the local unit BNP claimed that Bazal was murdered over political issues.