AL leader murder suspect gunned down in Khulna

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Published: June 30, 2022, 12:41 PM

AL leader murder suspect gunned down in Khulna

A wanted criminal in his late 30s,  who the prime accused in Awami League leader Halim's murder case, was shot dead allegedly by assailants near Mujgunni Bus Stand in Khulna city on Wednesday night. 

The deceased was identified as Naim Munna, 38, secretary of Senhati Bazar Committee, and son of Sohrab Molla of Sugandhi village in Digholia upazila, reports UNB.

Jahangir Alam, officer-in-charge of Khalishpur Police Station, said two young men on a bike waylaid Munna at Mujgunni Bus Stand around 9.30pm when he was returning home from the local bazar. "They suddenly whiffed out a gun and shot him."

On information, cops recovered the body and sent it to the morgue of Khulna Medical College and Hospital for an autopsy. "We suspect he was killed over an old enmity," the OC said.

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