Sromik Dol leader Masum Billah shot dead in Khulna

❐ District Correspodent

Miscreants shot and hacked to death a Sromik dol leader named Masum Billah in Khulna city. The attack took place inside the Bata showroom at Dakbanglo More around 9 pm on Wednesday.

Police arrested a man named Ashok with a foreign 9mm pistol from the scene.

The deceased, Masum Billah, was the former president of Khulna’s Rupsha Upazila Motor Workers Union and former convener of the Upazila Sromik dol. He was a resident of the area adjacent to Bagmara Petrol Pump in Rupsha Upazila.

In addition, he is the younger brother of former Naihati Union Chairman Mustafa alias Mina Kamal, who was killed in a gunfight earlier.

Khulna Metropolitan Police Deputy Commissioner (South) Tajul Islam said that Masum Billah was shopping for Eid with his mother and daughter at Dakbanglo intersection at night when seven armed terrorists entered the showroom, opened fire on him, and later stabbed and injured him before leaving him.

Local businessmen quickly rescued him and took him to Khulna Medical College Hospital, where the doctor on duty declared him dead.

Police said that while fleeing after the attack, a man named Ashok was arrested with a 9mm pistol. He is initially believed to be a member of a terrorist group in Khulna. The identities of others involved in the attack have been identified and efforts are underway to arrest them, police said.

Deputy Commissioner Tajul Islam said the detained person is being questioned and investigations are ongoing to uncover the reasons behind the incident.