Killers came, shot victim dead and left within 5 minutes

 
Md Nayeem Uddin Sentuk, 60, chairman of Philipnagar Union Parishad (UP) in Daulatpur upazila, Kushtia, was shot dead in his office on Monday. All these things happened within just five minutes.

The incident occurred around 11am at the Philipnagar Union Parishad building.

Daulatpur police station Sub-Inspector (SI) Khosru Alam confirmed the information. He said: "Md Nayeem Uddin

Sentuk was shot dead at around 11am. We rushed to the scene after being informed, but it is yet to be confirmed who the perpetrators are."

Several attempts to contact Daulatpur police station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Mahbubur Rahman for further information were unsuccessful as his phone was switched off.

According to police and witnesses, Nayeem Uddin was working in his office when assailants fired several rounds at him through the window behind his chair. Locals who heard the gunshots and rushed to the scene were also fired upon by the assailants, creating panic in the area.

Following the attack, tension escalated at the union council as news of the chairman's death spread.

Md Rashidul Islam, secretary of Philipnagar Union Parishad, said: "I was not at the Union Parishad when the incident happened. The locals informed me that the chairman was shot dead through the back window of his ground-floor office."

A local source revealed that Nayeem Uddin Sentuk, once involved in BNP politics, had been politically inactive for some time.

Reza Ahmed Bachchu Molla, president of Daulatpur Upazila BNP and former Member of Parliament for Kushtia-1, confirmed that Nayeem had previously served as vice president of the upazila BNP but had distanced himself from politics for a long period.

Kushtia Additional Superintendent of Police Palash Kanti Nath said: "The chairman was sitting in his office when the attackers shot him from behind through the window, killing him instantly. The situation in the area is extremely tense, and both police and army personnel are working to control it."