Dhaka, Dec. 23 -- Police have arrested a woman in connection with the shooting of Motaleb Shikdar, the Khulna divisional chief of the Jatiya Sramik Shakti, the NCP's labour wing.

The woman was apprehended from the Tutpara area under Khulna Sadar Police Station on Monday night, Inspector Taimur Islam of Khulna Metropolitan Detective Police said.

Motaleb, 42, was shot in a rented flat in the Sonadanga area of the city on Monday afternoon.

He is the son of Moslem Shikdar of the Sonadanga Sheikhpara Palli Mangal School area.

Police identified arrestee by a single name as Tonima, also known as Tonni, who is known to be the joint member secretary of Khulna District unit of the NCP's youth affiliate Jubo Shakti.

Authorities did not disclose...