Tarikul Islam, the son of a local Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) leader, was shot dead at a tea stall in Dumuria upazila of Khulna on Thursday (5 November).
The shooting happened at about 1:45pm at Gaffar’s tea stall in the Jora Bottola area of Amvita-Ramkrishnapur in the upazila. Tarikul was the son of Abdus Salam Sheikh, a local BNP leader.
According to local sources, unidentified assailants fired at him while he was at the tea stall in the afternoon. He died on the spot.
Khandaker Hafizur Rahman, officer-in-charge of Dumuria Police Station, confirmed the incident. The motive for the killing and the identity of those involved could not be learned immediately.
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman was in Khulna and Bagerhat on an official visit the same day.
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