Dhaka, April 3 -- Attackers have hacked and shot dead a Jatiotabadi Chhatra Dal leader in Pabna's Ishwardi.

The incident occurred in the Gopalpur area around 10:30pm on Thursday, according to Pranab Kumar, additional superintendent of police for the Ishwardi Circle.

The deceased has been identified as 26-year-old Imran Hossain Shohag, who hailed from Mannabipara village in the Upazila. He was a member of the Upazila's Chhatra Dal unit and a proposed member secretary of one faction of the BNP's student affiliate.

He was also the secretary of the Ishwardi branch of the Zia Cyber Force.

Shohag was chatting with his friends at a tea stall next to the Gopalpur rail lines on Thursday night when a group of masked individuals attacked him unp...