JESSORE: Miscreants shot dead a Union Parishad chairman in the Sadar upazila of the district Tuesday morning.

The deceased was identified as Mosharraf Hossain, 50, chairman of Isali union parishad under the Sadar upazila and a local Awami League leader.

Officer-in-Charge of Jessore Kotowali Model Thana Enamul Haque told banglanews that miscreants shot Mosharraf Hossain while he was going to his office from his Palbari residence in city.

Local people rushed him to Jessore 250-bed hospital where he succumbed to his injuries around 11:30am, he added.

BDST: 1451 HRS, FEB 24, 2015