College student shot dead in Bagerhat

Assailants shot a college student dead in broad daylight in Chitalmari upazila of Bagerhat on Thursday.

The incident took place at Shibpur village in the afternoon.

Police recovered the body of Amir Hamza, 23, son of Ruhul Amin Munshi of the village.

Hamza was a first-year honours student at Government Sundarban Adarsha College, Khulna. Alongside his studies, he worked at the Popular Diagnostic Centre in Khulna.

Locals and the victim’s relatives said that Hamza was talking with his father and uncle while standing in the courtyard of his house around 4pm.

At that time, a group of youths on three motorbikes entered the house, wearing helmets.

Identifying themselves as police, they chased Hamza, who then tried to flee.

While running, Hamza fell on the bank of a nearby canal, and the assailants shot him in the head before leaving the spot.

Bagerhat Additional Superintendent of Police (Sadar circle) Shamim Hossain said members of the district police, Criminal Investigation Department, Police Bureau of Investigation, and Detective Branch are working to identify the perpetrators.

The body was sent to Bagerhat General Hospital morgue for an autopsy, he said.