Rajshahi: Miscreants abducted a local Jubo Dal leader in Mohanpur upazila and shot him in his both legs.

The victim was identified as Bachchu Rahman, president of Mohanpur upazila unit of Jubo Dal, the youth wing of BNP, and son of Lokman Ali of Soipara village in the upazila.

Locals said a group of miscreants picked Bachchu up in a microbus from the Rajshahi-Naogaon highway in his area in the afternoon.

They took him to Achinghat in Bagmara upazila where they shot him in both begs before leaving the spot.

Locals rescued the bullet-hit Jubo Dal leader and took him to Rajshahi Medical College Hospital.

Contacted, officer-in-charge of Mohanpur Police Station Abul Hossain said he was unaware of the incident.