BNP Leader Zakir Hossain Shot Dead While Sitting in a Shop in Khulna's Rupsa

A BNP leader named Mohammad Zakir Hossain (43) has been shot dead by assailants in Rupsa upazila of Khulna. He was shot on Thursday night (12 November) while sitting in a shop owned by Hirak in the Swalpa Bahirdia area of the upazila.

Zakir Hossain was a resident of Khajardanga village in TSB Union of Rupsa upazila. He was the son of Abdul Jalil Sheikh and a member of the search committee of the TSB Union BNP.

He was also the elder brother of Abu Saeed, former general secretary of Purba Rupsa Chhatra Dal. By profession, he was a brick and sand trader.

According to police and local sources, at the time of the incident two helmet-wearing men arrived at the scene on a motorcycle from the direction of Fakirhat in Bagerhat. They parked the motorcycle beside Hirak's shop and one of them entered the shop.

The assailant then fired at Zakir Hossain's head, and the attackers quickly fled on the motorcycle towards Fakirhat.

Local people rescued him in a bullet-hit condition and took him to the Rupsa Upazila Health Complex, where the doctor on duty declared him dead.

On receiving news of the killing, a team from Rupsa Police Station went to the scene and began the necessary legal proceedings.

Police operations and investigations are continuing to uncover the motive for the murder and to identify and arrest those involved.