A suspected criminal was shot dead allegedly by some miscreants in Khulna on Tuesday night.
The victium was Mirajul Islam alias Maruf, 43 of Digholia upazila.
Kazi Mushtaq Ahmed, officer-in-charge of Daulatpur Police Station, said miscreants opened fire on Maruf at Kartikul Balur Math in Daulatpur upazila at around 11:30 pm, leaving him dead on the spot.
Police upon notification recovered the body and sent it to local hospital morgue. One pipe gun, 54 pieces of yaba pills and five bullets were also recovered from the spot, UNB reported.
Maruf was an accused in former Digholia union UP Chairman Gazi Abdul Halim murder case, said the OC.