United People's Democratic Front activist Bijoy Singh Chakma, 25, was shot dead at Jurachari in Rangamati on Sunday morning.
The UPDF blamed Parbatya Chattagram Jana Sanghati Samiti for the killing but Jana Sanghati Samiti brushed aside the allegation.
The Jurachari police, quoting local sources said that Bijoy along with two others came to be attacked by a group of gunmen, said to be of Jana Sanghati Samiti, when they were coming out from a house at Gilachari early Sunday.
Bijoy died on the spot and one of the other two, Dhanu Chakma, was abducted, the sources said.
Sajib Chakma, information and publication secretary of Jana Sanghati Samiti, said that they were not involved in the attack.
Alokesh Chakma, the spokesman of the Rangamati unit UPDF, in a statement protested at the killing. He held responsible Santu Larma for such incidents.
The superintendent of police in Rangamati, Masud Ul Hasan, said that the killing might have links to extortion.
The body was sent to Rangamati General Hospital morgue for a post-mortem examination.
Source : New Age
