An accused in a murder case was shot dead in Abhaynagar upazila of Jashore on Wednesday morning.
The deceased was identified as Subrata Mondal, 42, of the upazila, a fish trader. He was an accused in the murder case of Rakibul, a member of Phultala Bazar Merchants Association.
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AK Shamim, officer-in-charge (OC) of Abhaynagar police station, said two miscreants coming in a motorcycle shot him in his head near Damukhali Primary School on his way to Bhabdaha wholesale fish market around 8am and fled the scene.
The body was sent to Jashore General Hospital morgue for an autopsy, he added.
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Efforts are on to arrest the killers, said the OC.