Pabna: A former BNP leader was killed and two people were injured in an attack by some miscreants following previous enmity at Paida village in Sadar upazila of Pabna on Sunday.

The deceased is Mirza Makbul Hossain alias Dulal Master, 52, former assistant organising secretary of district unit BNP and a retired school teacher, reports UNB, a local news agency.

Local people said a group of miscreants swooped on Dulal while he was working in his cropland at about 3:00pm and beat him mercilessly, leaving him critically injured.

Two people, Arjan Sardar, 60, a former UP member and Ahmed Ali, 30, were injured in the attack as they tried to save Dulal Master.

The injured were rushed to Pabna General Hospital where the doctors declared him dead.

Sadar police officer-in-charge Abdullah Al Hasan said police are investigating the incident.