Two JSS leaders shot dead in Rangamati

Rangamati Correspondent: Two leaders of Jana Sanghati Samity (JSS) were shot dead at Babupara in Baghaichhari upazila on early Monday.

The deceased were identified as Shatosiddhi Chakma, 38, general secretary of JSS-backed Jubo Samiti’s central committee, and Eno Chakma, 35, general secretary of its upazila unit.

Locals said the two were resting after dinner when cadres of Santu Larma faction shot and killed them around 12:15am.

But the identities of the attackers and their motive could not be known yet.

Police recovered the bodies and sent them to Khagrachhari Sadar Hospital for autopsy, said AM Manjurul Alam, officer-in-charge (OC) of Baghaichhari Police Station.

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