<div><b><span style="font-size: 1rem;">A local leader of BNP was shot to death by his rivals over a land dispute in Sitakunda upazila of Chattogram district on Sunday.</span><br></b></div><div><br></div><div>The deceased was identified as Nurul Mostafa Bazal, 58, senior vice-president of Baroierdhala union unit BNP and son of Mujibul Haque of Paschim Lalanagar Subedar Bari in the upazila.</div><div><br></div><div>Md Kamal Uddin, officer-in-charge of Sitakunda Model Police Station, said Bazal had an enmity with Touhidul Islam, who was wanted in several cases.</div><div><br></div><div>At 7:30 pm, Bazal and Touhidul locked into an altercation over the issue.</div><div><br></div><div>At one stage, Touhidul stabbed Bazal with a sharp weapon and opened fire on him, leaving him injured.</div><div><br></div><div>Later, he was taken to Upazila Health Complex where the doctors declared him dead.</div><div><br></div><div>Police are trying to arrest Touhidul as he is wanted in 18 cases, ‍reports UNB.</div><div><br></div><div>On the other hand, the local unit BNP claimed that Bazal was murdered over political issues.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>