A local Awami League activist was hacked to death in Daulatpur upazila of Kushtia yesterday night, reports UNB.
The deceased was identified as Akkas Ali, 38, son of late Rahmat Sarder of Daulatkhan Godown Bazar village in the upazila.
A group of miscreants intercepted the motorbike of Akkas at Pragpur field around 10:30pm while going to Daulatpur along with Jubo League leader Ali Nasir, said officer-in-charge of Daulatpur Police Station Shahidul Islam Shahin quoting Nasir.
As Akkas tried to speed away, the criminals chopped him indiscriminately with sharp weapons, leaving him dead on the spot.
Nasir managed to flee the attack and informed locals and later police who recovered the body from the spot.