3 of a family shot dead in Kushtia, SI detained

Three members of a family were shot dead by some miscreants in Kushtia on Sunday.

The incident took place at Custom intersection area of the town around 11am.   

Kushtia Superintendent of Police Khairul Alam and Dr Tapas Kumar Sarker, Resident Medical Officer of Kushtia General Hospital, confirmed the deaths to Jago News separately.

The deceased were identified as Shakil, 28, son of Mizbar of Kumarkhali upazila, his wife Asma, 25 and their 5-year-old child Robin. 

Shakil was a bKash agent, it is learnt. 

However, police detained a Sub Inspector named Soumen with a pistol in the incident, said Additional Superintendent of Police Mostafizur Rahman.