A fish enclosure owner was shot to death by unidentified assailants in Dumuria upazila of Khulna on Thursday afternoon.
The deceased was identified as Tarikul Islam, 35, son of Abdus Salam, convener of Rangpur union unit of BNP in the upazila.
The incident took place around 2pm at Gaffar Sana’s tea stall in the Jora Bottala area of Ramkrishnapur.
According to witnesses, several armed assailants arrived on motorcycles, stormed the tea stall and shot Tarikul in the head while he was sitting inside, leaving him dead on the spot.
The attackers fled on motorcycles along the Khulna-Daulatpur road following the shooting.
Dumuria Police Station Officer-in-Charge Khandaker Hafizur Rahman said police had recovered the body and sent it to Khulna Medical College Hospital morgue for autopsy.
He said they had launched an investigation to determine the motive behind the killing and arrest those involved.