UP member murdered

A union parishad (UP) member was hacked to death near his residence at Paikasha village in Santhia upazila early yesterday. The deceased was Shah Jamal, 35, a member of Dhopadah UP. A gang of 8/10 hacked Jamal, leaving him critically injured when he was returning home from Dhulauri Bazar. He later died at the upazila health complex. The UP member might have been killed over previous enmity, said police.