A member of a faction of United People's Democratic Front (UPDF-Prosit) was killed in a gunfight with rivals in Dewanpara area of Matiranga upazila on Thursday.
The deceased was identified as Arjun Chakma alias Borga, 38.
Officer-in-charge of Matiranga Police Station Shamsuddin Bhuiyan said two UPDF groups locked into a gunfight over establishing supremacy in the area in the morning, killing Arjun on the spot.
Police went to the spot on information and recovered the body and a firearm from there, he said.
The body was sent to Sadar Hospital for autopsy, he said.