Grocer shot in Jessore

A grocer was shot by an unidentified gang at bypass road in Jessore Airport area on Saturday night.

The victim was identified as Ataur Rahman, 32, son of retired police sergeant Firoj Haider of Nurpur village in Sadar upazila.

Officer-in-Charge (OC) Shikder Akkas Ali of Jessore Sadar Police station said the gang opened fire on Ataur at around 10:30pm and left the scene.

Locals took him to Jessore Medical College Hospital. Ataur sustained bullet injuries in the neck, said Abul Kalam Azad, medical officer of the Hospital.

Law enforcers are trying to unearth clue to the incident and arrest the culprits involved, the OC said.