A little over two weeks after the killing of a BNP activist in Hathazari upazila, a Jubo Dal activist was shot dead in broad daylight in Raozan upazila of Chattogram yesterday afternoon.

The victim, Mohammad Alamgir, alias Alam, 40, of Ward No. 9 in Raozan Municipality, was gunned down around 5:00pm on Rashidar Para Road, near the Chattogram–Rangamati highway, police said.

"Unidentified assailants on a motorcycle opened fire on Alamgir, leaving him critically injured before fleeing the scene," said Balayat Hossain, assistant superintendent of police (Raozan circle).

Locals rushed Alamgir to the Raozan Upazila Health Complex, where doctors declared him dead. Police later recovered the body and took it to the local police station.

A police official, requesting anonymity, said Alamgir was accused in five cases, including robbery, filed with the Raozan Police Station.

In a statement, Golam Akbar Khandaker, former president of the BNP's Chattogram North District unit, strongly condemned the killing, calling it a "brutal murder" near Alamgir's home beside the Kaikobad Jame Mosque.

The statement added that Alamgir had recently been released from prison after nearly 12 years of imprisonment during the Awami League regime.

On October 8, businessman and BNP activist Abdul Hakim was shot dead in a similar daylight attack in Hathazari's Madunaghat area when armed assailants blocked his private SUV.