Unidentified criminals shot a union parishad chairman dead in Satkhira last night.

Mosharaf Hossain, 48, chairman of Krishnanagar Union Parishad in Kaliganj upazila, also the assistant organising secretary of district Jatiya Party, was chatting with some people in front of Krishnanagar Union Jubo League office around 11:00pm, witnesses said.

Six men on two motorcycles arrived and one of them shot Mosharaf from close range, they said.

Locals rushed Mosharaf to Kaliganj Upazila Health Complex with bullet injuries in his mouth and head and doctors there declared him dead, they added.

Sabuj Hossain, president of Krishnanagar Union Awami League, said he heard four to five gunshots from his home nearby.

An Inspector of Kaliganj Police Station said they were looking for the assailants.