Khulna University student gunned down

Miscreants have shot a student of Khulna University dead in the divisional city.

The deceased is--Arnab Kumar Sarker, 26, son of Nitish Chandara Sarker and a student of Khulna University’s business administration discipline.

According to police, the incident took place at 9:30 pm on Friday, when the victim was taking tea on the Abu Ahmed road in the city’s Sonadanga area.

Miscreants appeared there on a motorcycle and shot him in the head before fleeing the spot. The bullet pierced Arnab’s head, leaving him injured critically.

Locals rescued him immediately and took him to a private hospital – City Medical College Hospital. But the physicians pronounced him dead.

Md Moniruzzaman, deputy commissioner of the Khulna Metropolitan Police (KMP), said that they are looking into the incident and have already started drives to arrest the involved individuals.