Miscreants shot dead a 43-year-old man in the Shwalpa Bahirdia area of Rupsha upazila in Khulna on Thursday night.
The deceased was identified as Md Zakir Hossain (43), son of Jalil Sheikh of Shwalpa Bahirdia village.
He was the elder brother of Abu Sayed, a member of the Sadar Union BNP Search Committee and member secretary of the Rupsha Upazila Chhatra Dal.
According to local sources, the incident occurred at around 10pm when Zakir Hossain was sitting inside a shop owned by one Hirok in the Shwalpa Bahirdia area.
Assailants wearing helmets arrived at the scene on a motorcycle, opened fire targeting him, and quickly fled.
Locals rescued the bullet-hit victim and rushed him to the Upazila Health Complex, where the duty doctor declared him dead.
The motive behind the murder and the identities of those involved remain unclear.
