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Two political leaders, including an Awami League leader and a Jatiyatabadi Sramik Dal leader, were shot dead after armed assailants stormed the leaseholder’s office at Pushpapara cattle market in Pabna’s Sadar upazila on Thursday evening.
The deceased were identified as Abdus Salam, the market’s leaseholder and a local labour organisation leader, and Ripon Hossain, president of the Sramik Dal’s Ataikula union unit.
According to police and eyewitnesses, a group of armed men entered the office at around 7pm and opened fire on the two men before fleeing the scene.
Local residents rushed them to Pabna General Hospital, where doctors declared them dead.
Police suspect that a dispute over the market lease and local dominance may have led to the killings.
Pabna Superintendent of Police Abu Ashraf said police were working to identify and arrest those involved.
Additional police personnel were deployed in the area following the incident.
