A local Awami League activist was shot to death by miscreants and one person arrested on suspicion of the murder was killed in a ‘shootout’ with police shortly after the incident at Tolna village in Dumuria upazila on Friday night.
The deceased were identified as Shahidul Islam, 45, an activist of the upazila unit AL and son of Abdur Rahim Biswas, and Sohan, 21, a resident of the upazila.
Police said a group of miscreants waylaid Shahidul at the village when he was returning to his house at about 11:30 pm.
At one stage, they opened fire on him, leaving him dead on the spot.
Locals caught Sohan suspecting him to be one among the killers.
Informed, police rushed in and launched a drive in the area along with Sohan.
At one stage, sensing the presence of police, Sohan’s associates opened fire on the law enforcers prompting them to fire back.
Sohan was caught in the line of fire and died on the spot.
A shutter gun, four powerful bombs and some bullets were recovered from the scene. -UNB, Khulna
