UPDF man shot dead in Khagrachhari

A member of United People’s Democratic Front (UPDF) was shot dead in an attack by miscreants at Boroichhori Chakma Para village in Guimara upazila in early hours of Thursday.

The deceased is Jyotirmoy Chakma,42, a resident of the village.

Police said a gang of armed miscreants opened fire on Jyotirmoy in the courtyard of his house when he went out of his room after hearing their call at about 12:30am, leaving him critically injured.

Hearing the gunshot, local people rescued Jyotirmoy and took him to Manikchhari Health Complex where on-duty doctors declared him dead.

On information, police recovered the body and sent it to hospital morgue for an autopsy.

A case was filed in this connection.