Pro-BNP transport workers’ leader murdered in Khulna

A pro-BNP transport workers’ leader was shot dead by unidentified criminals in Khulna city on Wednesday night.

Deceased Masum Billah, 55, was the former president of Rupsha upazila unit of Jatiyatabadi Sramik Dal and former president of the Rupsha–Bagerhat inter-district road transport workers’ union.

He hailed from Bagmara village in Rupsha upazila.

Quoting witnesses, police said Masum was standing near Dakbangla intersection in the city around 9:00pm when a group of people opened fire on him. They also stabbed him.

Injured Masum was taken to the Khulna Medical College Hospital, where doctors declared him dead, said police.

Mohammad Tazul Islam, deputy commissioner of Khulna Metropolitan Police, said traffic police, with the help of locals, detained a suspect while he was fleeing the scene.

Six to seven attackers were involved in the killing, he said.

The detainee, Ahoke Ghosh, revealed the names of several individuals involved in the killing. All of them are members of a local gang, claimed Tazul.