Shawdesh Desk:

Kamrul Ahsan Sadhan, joint convener of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party’s Gulshan thana unit, was shot dead by unidentified assailants in the capital’s Middle Badda area on Monday night.

According to police and witnesses, the incident took place at about 10:05pm near a tea stall opposite to the office of former commissioner Kayum at Road No 4 in the Gudaraghat area.

Kamrul was having tea with few others when two masked attackers arrived and opened indiscriminate fire.

He was struck by four to five bullets in the chest and back, causing him to fall from his chair.

The assailants fled the scene while firing blank shots to cover their escape.

Kamrul was rushed to the National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases in a critical condition where doctors declared him dead.

Officer-in-charge of Badda Police Station Md Saiful Islam told the media that CCTV footage from the area was being analysed to identify the shooters.

‘We hope the killers will be arrested soon,’ he said.

Kamrul’s body had been sent to Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College Hospital morgue for post-mortem examinations, the OC added.