A journalist was shot dead by unidentified assailants in Utrail Bazar under Kalmakanda upazila of Netrokona on Thursday night.
The victim, Lutfuzzaman Alif Fakir, was sitting at a shop along the Shyamganj-Birishiri road when two men arrived on a motorcycle and fired several shots at him before fleeing, according to eyewitnesses and police.
The incident took place around 8:15pm at Utrail Bazar in Kalmakanda Municipality.
Lutfuzzaman worked as the Netrokona correspondent for Ruposhi Bangla, a private Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) channel.
He also wrote about crime and alleged irregularities on a Facebook page called “Detective Article”.
He was a resident of Sunai village in Pogla Union of Kalmakanda upazila.
Local residents rescued him after the shooting and took him to the upazila health complex, where doctors declared him dead.
Khandaker Shaker Ahmed Khan, officer-in-charge of Durgapur Police Station, said five bullet wounds were found on different parts of the victim’s body, including his head, neck and chest.
Police have launched an investigation to determine the motive behind the killing and identify those responsible, the OC said.
Lutfuzzaman had also been attacked previously.
On 10 November last year, assailants hacked him with locally made weapons near the Teribazar ferry ghat on the Someshwari River, leaving him seriously injured.
