Bhola: A fisherman was killed and six others sustained bullet injuries as a gang or robbers attacked them at Berirchar on the Meghna River in Monpura upazila early yesterday, reports UNB.
The deceased was identified as Kamal Majhi, 35, a resident of the upazila. Quoting the injured fishermen, officer-in-charge of Monpura Police Station Mofazzel Hossain said the seven fishermen were catching fish at Berirchar on Meghna River in the early hours. At one stage, a gang of robbers went there by a trawler and swooped on the fishermen. The gang opened fire at the fishermen around 5am, leaving Kamal Majhi dead on the spot and six others injured.
The injured were whisked off to Monpura Upazila Health Complex, and, later, three of them were shifted to Barisal Medical College Hospital as their condition deteriorating.