A student of a private university in Dhaka was shot dead and one of his friends received bullet injuries in an attack by unidentified miscreants in Daulatdia brothel in the upazila early on Sunday.
The deceased is Saiful Islam Ripon, 21, an honors final year student of the Law Department in Daffodil University in the capital and son of Mohan Mandal, Daulatdia union BNP vice president.
Goalundaghat police officer-in-charge Abdul Khalek said a group of unknown miscreants fired three rounds of bullets at Ripon from point blank range in front of the house of Kalpana in the brothel area at about 3:00am, leaving Ripon dead on the spot.
Farid Sheikh, 22, a friend of Ripon, also received bullet injuries in the incident.
On information, police recovered the body and sent it to Rajbari for autopsy.
Police said the reason of the murder was not clear and further investigation is needed.