Housewife ‘mistakenly’ shot dead

A housewife was killed as a bullet fired 'mistakenly' from the firearms of an alleged criminal at Nayanpur village in Dagonbhuiya upazila in Feni on Tuesday, reports UNB.
The deceased is Sharmin Akter, 22, wife of Shamsul Haque of Noakhali.
Dagonbhuiya police station officer-in-charge Abul Kalam Azad said Sharmin came to his paternal home in the village few days ago.
On Tuesday, Jahangir Alam, an alleged criminal came to visit Sharmin and were gossiping at the room of Sharmin in the afternoon.
At one stage, a bullet from Jahangir's gun hit Sharmin 'mistakenly', leaving her dead on the spot, police said.
However, when locals tried to nab Jahangir, he managed to flee the scene after pointing gun on them.
On information, police recovered the body and sent to Feni Sadar Hospital morgue.