BNP leader’s son shot dead at a tea stall in Khulna’s Dumuria, on the day of the prime minister’s visit

A fish-farm (gher) businessman named Tarikul Islam (35) has been killed in a shooting by miscreants in Dumuria, Khulna. The incident took place on Thursday (5 November) at around 2pm at Gaffar Sana’s tea stall in the Ramkrishnapur Jora Bottola area of No. 12 Rangpur Union of the upazila.

The deceased, Tarikul Islam, was the son of Abdus Salam, convener of Rangpur Union BNP.

According to local sources, at around 1:45pm on Thursday Tarikul was sitting at Gaffar Sana’s tea stall in the Jora Bottola area. At that time, several armed miscreants arrived on motorcycles and entered the stall.

The miscreants then shot Tarikul in the head from very close range. Tarikul died on the spot. The sound of the gunshot spread panic among local people. Taking advantage of this, the miscreants fled on their motorcycles via the Khulna-Daulatpur road.

Dumuria police station’s officer-in-charge (OC) Khandaker Hafizur Rahman has confirmed the incident.

On receiving the news, members of Dumuria police and law enforcement agencies reached the spot and recovered the body. The body was later sent to the morgue of Khulna Medical College Hospital for an autopsy.

Police said an investigation has begun to find the motive behind the killing. Additional police have been deployed in the area. Operations are under way to identify and arrest those involved in the incident.

The deceased’s family and political colleagues claim the killing may have been carried out in a planned manner, out of political enmity or to destabilise the area. They have demanded that those involved be identified quickly and given exemplary punishment.

Notably, Prime Minister Tarique Rahman was visiting Khulna on Thursday. The shooting death of the BNP leader’s son took place during his visit.