One gunned down in Rangamati

Map of Rangamati

A man was shot to death by miscreants at Ghilachhari in Naniarchar upazila of Rangamati district on Tuesday night, UNB reports.

The victim was identified as Suresh Chakma, 65, a tea-shop owner of Shiklyapara in the upazila.

Sabbir Ahmed, officer-in-charge of Naniarchar Police Station, said the miscreants, riding a CNG-run auto-rickshaw, swooped on Suresh’s shop and opened fire on him around 8:00pm, leaving him dead on the spot.

Locals spotted the body around 10:00pm and informed police who later recovered it.

It is still not clear who killed Suresh and why.