UNB, Chittagong :
A man was shot to death by a gang of robbers at Boro Hatia village in Lohagara upazila early Friday.
The deceased was identified as Anil Rudra, 45, a farmer and son of Niranjan Rudra of the upazila.
Local sources said a gang of robbers, numbering 8/10, stormed the local market and looted valuables from 10/12 shops there and 5/7 adjacent houses keeping local people hostage at gunpoint around 2:30 am.
The looted items mainly include mobile phone sets worth Tk 2/3 lakh. While fleeing with the booty, the robbers opened fire at Anil as he recognised some of them, leaving him dead on the spot. Mohammad Jonayet Hossain, chairman of Boro Hatia union parishad, confirmed the incident. Being informed, police rushed in and sent the body to hospital morgue for an autopsy.
Imran Bhuiyan, assistant superintendent of police (Satkania circle), visited the spot.
