Khulna:A fish enclosure owner was shot to death by unidentified assailants in Dumuria upazila of Khulna on Thursday afternoon. The deceased was identified as Tarikul Islam, 35, son of Abdus Salam, convener of the Rangpur union unit of BNP in the upazila.
According to United News of Bangladesh, the incident occurred around 2pm at Gaffar Sana's tea stall in the Jora Bottala area of Ramkrishnapur. Witnesses reported that several armed assailants arrived on motorcycles, stormed the tea stall, and shot Tarikul in the head while he was seated inside, leaving him dead on the spot.
The attackers fled the scene on motorcycles along the Khulna-Daulatpur road after the shooting. Dumuria Police Station Officer-in-Charge Khandaker Hafizur Rahman stated that police had recovered the body and sent it to Khulna Medical College Hospital morgue for an autopsy. The police have launched an investigation to determine the motive behind the killing and to arrest those involved.