A young man was shot dead allegedly by a policeman at Kutubdia in Kaliakoir upazila early Friday.
The deceased was identified as Shahid, son of Sabur Uddin of Mirzapur upazila in Tangail district.
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Alamgir Hossain Majumdar, officer-in-charge of Kaliakoir Police Station, said Kishore Kumar, assistant sub-inspector and a gunman of a minister, along with his two friends- Moin and Shahid were chatting at a field in the dead of night.
At one stage, Kishore shot his two friends, leaving Shaheed dead on the spot and Moin injured.
Hearing sounds of bullets, local people went to the spot and took Moin to a local hospital.
However, Kishore went into hiding after the incident.
The reason behind the murder could not be known immediately.
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