A local leader of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) was shot dead in Kushtia Sadar upazila early today.

Deceased Nazmul Islam, 32, was BCL vice president of district unit, our Kushtia correspondent reports quoting police.

Nasir Uddin, officer-in-charge (OC) of Kushtia Model Police Station, said unidentified miscreants opened fire on Nazmul through window when he was sleeping at his Haripur house around 2:30am.

Hearing gunshot, family members entered his room breaking open the door and rushed him to Kushtia General Hospital where doctors declared him dead at about 3:45am.

Dr Tapos Kumar of the hospital said three bullets pierced Nazmul’s chest and abdomen.

Reason behind the murder could not be known immediately, the OC said adding that they started investigation into the matter.