Nephew of Comilla sadar MP AKM Bahauddin Bahar has been shot dead in a factional clash of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) at Government Victoria College in the city on Thursday afternoon.
The deceased was identified as Ahsan Habib Samu, 35, a private firm employee.
Kotwali model police station Officer-in-Charge Khorshed Alam told the Dhaka Tribune that a person was killed in the BCL factional clash.
Additional police have been deployed in the area, said the OC.
The college campus sources said the supporters of BCL leaders Rintu and Russell engaged in the clash at intermediate section of the college around 1:30pm over establishing supremacy.
At one stage, the clash spilled out into nearby Munsefbari area.
Several gunshots were traded during the clash, leaving Samu and two BCL men -– Pritam and Priyom –- injured.
The injured were first rushed to sadar Hospital where doctors declared Samu dead.
Of the injured, Pritam was sent to Dhaka as his condition was stated to be critical.