A Swechchhasebak League leader of Khulna city unit was reportedly shot dead by unidentified miscreants at Cox's Bazar sea beach on Thursday night.
The deceased Golam Rabbani Tipu, son of Golam Akbar of Daulatpur area of Khulna city, was a vice president of Khulna city unit Swechchhasebak League. He was also a former councillor of Ward-4 of Khulna City Corporation.
Ilyas Khan, officer-in-charge of Cox's Bazar Sadar Model Police Station, said that the killing took place at the Seagull point of the beach around 8PM.
Abdus Salam Babu, an auto-rickshaw driver who took Tipu to a hospital, he heard a loud bang near the Seagull Point and a person collapse after that but did not see anyone there.
Dr SM Shoaib of the hospital said Tipu sustained a fatal gunshot wound to the head. Tipu was declared dead upon arrival, he added.
Jasim Uddin Chowdhury, additional superintendent of police in Cox's Bazar district, said several police teams and intelligence agencies are working on the matter.
