Jamalpur: A local Awami League leader was shot dead by unidentified miscreants at Rajarhat of Sharishabari upazila in Jamalpur on Friday night.

The deceased is M Hanifuddin, president of AL unit of ward no 2 of Doail union parishad, reports UNB, a local news agency.

Sharisahbari police sub-inspector Billal Hossain said some masked miscreants shot Hanif while he was returning home from Rajarhat at about 7:30pm, leaving him dead on the spot.

Later, the miscreants fled scene riding a motorcycle, the SI added.