Miscreants on Saturday shot dead a local Awami League leader in Cox’s Bazar.
The deceased, also a Union Parishad member, was identified as Shafiq Ahmed, 50, member of Nhilla union.
Kazi Matiul Islam, officer-in-charge of Teknaf Police Station, said that a group of unknown miscreants opened fire on Shafiq, in the Rangikhali area of Teknaf upazila, when he was having tea with his friends at a tea stall in the area at about 9:00 pm, leaving him dead on the spot.
Police have arrested Abul Bashar, 25, a resident of the same village for his suspected involvement with the murder.