DHAKA, Dec. 31 (Xinhua) -- A Bangladeshi ruling party law maker died after being shot at home on Saturday in the country's Gaibandha District, 268 km northwest of capital Dhaka, a local police official told Xinhua.
The police official who preferred to be unnamed said three unidentified assailants riding on a motorbike stormed into Manzurul Islam Liton's house at around 5:45 p.m. local time on Saturday and opened fire at him.
Liton, a member of parliament from Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's ruling Bangladesh Awami League party, was rushed to a local hospital where he succumbed to his injuries, said the official.
The murder motive was not immediately known, but the local police official said they were investigating whether it was a terrorist attack or an incident as a result of the previous internal feud.
The law maker in October this year drew widespread flak after he shot a 10-year-old boy without any visible reason.
