A local Bangladesh Nationalist Party leader was injured in a gun attack by miscreants in Keraniganj on Thursday night.

The victim was identified as Hasan Mollah, 45, son of Akar Mollah of village Jagannathpur under Keraniganj thana. He is the general secretary of Hazratpur Union BNP under the Dhaka-2 constituency.

He was shot by unidentified assailants at about 9:00pm, said M Saiful Alam, officer-in-charge of Keraniganj Model Police Station.

He was initially taken to Square Hospital in critical condition and later shifted to the emergency department of Dhaka Medical College Hospital at about 10:45pm for further treatment.

Rakib Hossain, younger brother of the injured BNP leader, said miscreants arrived on a motorcycle and opened fire in front of the house of the Hero chairman of Ward No 7 before fleeing. The bullets hit Hasan Mollah on the right side of his abdomen, he added.

Inspector Md Faruk, in-charge of the police camp at DMCH, said a man from Keraniganj was brought to the hospital with gunshot wounds and is currently undergoing treatment in the emergency department.