Ansar shot dead in city

Miscreants shot dead a member of Bangladesh Ansar in the city on Thursday morning. The victim was identified as Abdul Halim, 28, son of Mirza Fakir of Sahghata upazila in Gaibandha district. Contacted, Sub-inspector Hafiz of Ramna Police Station said Abdul Halim, posted in T & T Colony Ansar camp in Moghbazar area, along with two others were on duty in front of the colony gate at about 1:15 am. All on a sudden, a gang of miscreants, numbering 5-6, wearing helmets riding two rickshaws tried to enter the colony through the gate. As the Ansar members intercepted them, an altercation ensued between the law-enforcers and the armed hoodlums. At one stage, the gangsters fired gunshots targeting them and Halim received multiple bullet injuries, SI Hafiz said. He was rushed to the Dhaka Medical College Hospital where he was pronounced dead. The reason behind the killing could not be known immediately, according to UNB.