The incident occurred around 1:45pm, while Prime Minister Tarique Rahman arrived at Khulna District Stadium around 3:45pm.
File photo of the deceased, Tarikul Islam Sheikh. Photo: Courtesy
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File photo of the deceased, Tarikul Islam Sheikh. Photo: Courtesy
A 35-year-old man, the son of a BNP leader, was shot dead inside a tea stall in Dumuria upazila of Khulna today (5 November), the day Prime Minister Tarique Rahman visited the district.
The incident took place at Gaffar’s tea stall in the Jora Bot-tola area of Ambhita-Ramakrishnapur around 1:45pm, Dumuria Police Station Officer-in-Charge Khandaker Hafizur Rahman confirmed.
“I am on my way to the scene after receiving the news,” he said.
The victim, Tarikul Islam Sheikh, was the son of Abdus Salam Sheikh, convener of the BNP’s No. 12 Rangpur Union unit.
Tarikul was inside the tea stall when assailants entered and opened fire at him. He died at the scene, according to local and police sources.
The motive for the killing and the identities of those involved were not immediately known.
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman arrived at Khulna District Stadium around 3:45pm to inaugurate the second edition of Notun Kuri Sports.
According to Khulna Metropolitan Police and Khulna District Police sources, the killing brought the number of murders in Khulna this year to 76.
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