A leader of pro-BNP youth organisation Jubo Dal was shot dead by some unidentified persons in Chittagong city yesterday evening.

The dead, Md Harun, 48, son of late Chittagong BNP leader Dastogir Chowdhury's brother Alamgir Chowdhury, was also an owner of ST Transport in the city's Kadamtali, police said.

Local BNP leaders and police sources said Harun was the joint convener of Sadarghat Jubo Dal.

“The incident occurred around 6:00pm in front of Rahat Centre, just opposite of Shuvopur Bus Stand in Kadamtali area, when miscreants opened fire from the tail of a procession of local Awami League which was organised to celebrate Unesco's recognition of historic March 7 speech of Father of the Nation,” said Inspector (Investigation) Ruhul Amin of Sadarghat Police Station.

Chittagong city BNP's General Secretary Abul Hasem Bakkar said the shooting took place just after the end of a rally of the ruling party near Harun's office in Kadamtali.

Talking to this newspaper, victim's elder brother Humayun Chowdhury said activists of Chhatra League and Jubo league, pro AL organisations, might have been behind the killing “as Harun protested an incident of extortion few days ago”.