Feni upazila chairman shot, burnt alive

The burnt car of Fulgazi upazila chairman lies on a road in Academy area of Feni town after miscreants set fire to it Tuesday morning, leaving the chairman dead on the spot. 

The chairman of Fulgazi upazila in Feni was shot and burnt to death by miscreants in his own car this morning.
Ekramul Haque, 45, was also the president of Awami League upazila unit, reports our Feni correspondent.
Three of his associates received burn injuries when the criminals set Ekramul’s car on fire near Bilashi cinema hall in Academy area around 10:30am. They are undergoing treatment at Feni Sadar Hospital.
Farhad, one of the injured, said some armed miscreants stormed into the car carrying Ekramul and three of his associates and opened fire.
They poured petrol on the car and set it on fire, he added.
Moin Uddin Shambhu, 60, former chairman of Fulgazi Sadar union parishad; Farhad, 32, editor of a local newspaper; and driver Mamun, 26, who were accompanying Ekramul, managed to get down from the burning car.
But Ekramul could not move as he was hit by bullets, Farhad said.
The chairman along with the trio was going to Fulgazi upazila from his residence in the town.
On information, firefighters rushed the spot and doused the blaze.
They recovered the charred body of Ekramul from inside the car, which was provided to him by the government after he was elected upazila chairman.