A fish enclosure businessman and son of a local BNP leader was shot dead by unidentified assailants in Dumuria upazila of Khulna on Thursday, the day prime minister Tareq Rahman visited the district.
The deceased, Sheikh Tarikul Islam, 35, was the son of Sheikh Abdus Salam, president of Rangpur Union BNP in Dumuria.
The shooting took place at around 1:45pm when Tarikul was sitting at a tea stall in the Ramkrishnapur Jora Bottola area under Rangpur Union.
Dumuria police officer-in-charge Khandaker Hafizur Rahman said, quoting eyewitnesses, that two youths arrived on a motorcycle and shot Tarikul in the head, leaving him dead on the spot.
The assailants fled the scene along the Khulna-Daulatpur road, he said.
Police recovered the body and sent it to the morgue. An investigation into the killing was underway, the OC added.
Meanwhile, a series of killings and shootings have raised concerns over law and order in Khulna city and district.
According to police data, 76 people were killed in different incidents in Khulna this year. The reported motives included disputes over arms and drug trafficking, extortion, local dominance, land and fish enclosures, sand business, transport and contracting work, and rivalry among criminal groups.
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