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UPDF man shot dead in Rangamati

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An activist of United People's Democratic Front (UPDF), a Chittagong Hill Tracts-based political group, was shot dead by unidentified assailants at Bhuiyachara under Langadu Upazila's in Rangamati on Tuesday.

The victim was identified as Pabitra Chakma, 38, a collector of UPDF and son of Shanti Priyo Chakma.

Ranjan Kumar Shamanto, officer-in-charge of Longdu Police Station, said miscreants swooped on Pabitra and opened fire around 2:30pm while he was taking rest at a friend's house.

He died on the spot.

A team of police and army was going to Langadu to retrieve the body, the OC said.

The motive for the killing could not be known immediately, reports UNB.

 

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