Dhaka, Dec. 22 -- Days after the death of popular July Uprising leader Osman Hadi, who succumbed to a bullet injury to his head, the Khulna divisional head of the student-led National Citizen Party (NCP), Motaleb Shikder, was injured in shooting by unidentified persons in Dhaka today.

Shikder, 42, a central organiser of the NCP's labour wing, Jatiya Sramik Shakti, was attacked at around 11:45am at a house on Masjid road, adjacent to Gazi Medical College Hospital.

According to reports, the assailants fired a bullet at his head before fleeing the scene.

He was rescued by locals who admitted him to Khulna Medical College Hospital.

Police said the motive behind the shooting remains unclear and the identities of those involved are yet to be ...