Gaibandha, June 21 -- A local leader of Bangladesh Islami Chhatra Shibir was killed and another man seriously injured in an alleged attack over a dispute surrounding the election of a government primary school's managing committee president in Saghata upazila of Gaibandha on Sunday.

The deceased, Saiful Islam, 22, was president of the Bonarpara union unit of Chhatra Shibir. The injured, Salauddin, son of Habibur Rahman of Tair village, is receiving treatment at a hospital.

Police detained one suspect, identified as Ashraf, in connection with the killing.

Witnesses said an altercation broke out around 3:00pm between the headmaster of Kachua Government Primary School Habibullah, and Mukul, son of Jahidul Islam of Bati village, over the e...