Lakshmipur: Miscreants killed a local leader of Awami League by slitting his throat at Balaishpur village in Sadar upazila, Lakshmipur, on Tuesday night.

The deceased is Mafiz Ullah, organising secretary of the Bashikpur union unit of AL.

Quoting family members, police said miscreants attacked Mafiz while he was returning home from a local market at about 10:30pm.

Later, they hacked Mafiz and slit his throat to ensure his death.

Local people spotted the body at night and called police.

Later, police recovered the body and sent it to Lakshmipur Sadar Hospital morgue for an autopsy.

A case was filed in this connection.