One shot dead in Ctg
An unidentified person was shot dead by a gang of robbers at Banshkhali upazila in Chittagong yesterday.
The victim was identified as Nazrul Islam,40, son of Jahid Ali of the upazila's West Chambal area.
Sources said that a gang of robbers, about 10 to 12 in number, entered the house of one Nurul Alam, brother of Nazrul, at around 1:00 am and looted cash and gold worth over Tk 1 lakh.
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Nazrul was rushed to the Chittagong Medical College Hospital (CMCH) where he succumbed at around 6:00 am.