A police constable—on patrol at the residence of Md Maruf Hossain Sarder, superintendent of police of Dhaka district, at Bailey Road in the capital—was shot dead on Friday.
The deceased was identified as Mehdi Hasan, 26.
SP Maruf Hossain told Prothom Alo that Mehdi Hasan was on patrol at the main entrance of the residence with a loaded rifle on Friday afternoon. It seems that either he committed suicide or he mistakenly triggered the rifle as the bullet went through his chin.
“Members of Criminal Investigation Department (CID) have reached the spot and are collecting evidence”, he added.
Sub-inspector (SI) of Ramna police station Abdus Salam took Mehdi's body to Dhaka Medical College Hospital where the physicians on duty pronounced him dead.