Jashore, July 24 (UNB)- A youth was shot dead by some unidentified criminals at Bhaturia village in Sadar upazila on Wednesday noon.
The deceased was identified as Imrul Islam, 31, son of Nur Islam of the village.
Samir Kumar Sarkar, officer-in-charge of Kotwali Police Station, said some unidentified people shot Imrul near a fish enclosure of the village at 7pm, leaving him injured critically.
Later, locals rescued him and took him to Jashore General Hospital where doctors pronounced the youth dead, said the OC, adding that the reason behind the murder could not be known immediately.
The body has been kept at the hospital morgue for autopsy.