Bangladesh sees another political shooting amid unrest; Senior student-led party leader attacked

Days after Usman Hadi’s killing, Bangladesh sees another shooting as NCP leader is injured in Khulna

December 22, 2025

Gun attack targets student-led party leader

NCP organiser injured days after student leader’s killing

Days after the killing of student leader Usman Hadi, Bangladesh witnessed another incident of political violence on Monday, with unknown gunmen shooting a senior leader of the student-led National Citizen Party (NCP) in Khulna district.

Muhammad Motaleb Sikdar, a central organiser of the NCP’s labour wing, Jatiya Sramik Shakti, was shot in the head during the attack, according to Bangladeshi media reports. The incident occurred around 11:45 am at a house in the Sonadanga area of Khulna city, the daily Prothom Alo reported.

Saif Nawaz, an organiser of the NCP’s Khulna metropolitan unit, said Sikdar serves as the Khulna divisional convener of the party’s labour organisation. He was reportedly engaged in preparations for an upcoming divisional labour rally in Khulna at the time of the attack.

According to police, Sikdar sustained a gunshot wound to the left side of his head and was rushed to Khulna Medical College Hospital in critical condition. “Miscreants opened fire targeting his head around 11:45 am, and he was taken to the hospital,” Prothom Alo quoted Animesh Mondol, officer-in-charge (investigation) of Sonadanga Model Police Station, as saying.

Mondol later said the victim was out of danger, explaining that the bullet entered through one side of Sikdar’s ear, pierced the skin, and exited through the other side. Sikdar was subsequently taken to the City Diagnostic Centre for a CT scan of his head.

Police said an investigation into the shooting is ongoing and efforts are being made to identify the attackers.

The National Citizen Party was formed earlier this year by Students Against Discrimination and the Jatiya Nagorik Committee following the ouster of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Established on February 28, the NCP is the first student-led political party in Bangladesh.

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