A local Juba Dal leader was shot and injured in Parhaji village under Terokhada Upazila in Khulna on Saturday morning.
Ramim Biswas, 32, is the president of Ward No 3 Juba Dal of Madhupur Union. Local BNP leader Mohammad Billal Mullah confirmed his identity.
The incident took place during an official visit to the district by the Inspector General of Police (IGP).
Locals said, he was travelling by van towards Kolabazar around 11am when attackers opened fire on him in front of Ainal Mullah’s house
He sustained a bullet wound to the right side of his back. Locals took him to Khulna Medical College Hospital, where he is receiving treatment in Surgery Wards 9 and 10.
Terokhada Police Station Officer-in-charge Ahmed Ali Biswas said police were investigating the incident.
Earlier, on 22 October, two people were killed in separate attacks in Khulna city within 14 hours.
Towhidul Islam Tushar, 32, was shot dead by members of a rival group in Purba Baniakhamar in the early hours of the day. That evening, Khushi Begum, 25, a housewife, was shot and hacked to death in front of her mother in Jinnapara Boubazar under Labanchara Police Station.
