A leader of United People's Democratic Front (UPDF) was shot in Bandukbhanga union of Rangamati Saturday.

The deceased was identified as Anol Bikash Chakma alias Pluto Chakma, 42, a resident of Kawkhali upazila and the organiser of Bandukbhanga union unit of UPDF.

Satyajit Barua, officer-in-charge of Kotwali Police Station, said locals, who heard several gunshots in the dead of night, spotted the bullet-hit body of Pluto at Dhamoirchhara in the morning and informed police.

On information, police and members of Bangladesh Army visited the spot.

Earlier on December 5, another UPDF leader Anoti Ranjan Chakma was shot to death by miscreants in Bogachhori area of Naniarchar upazila.