Dhaka, Nov. 3 -- A BNP activist has been killed in Khulna after a bullet shot at a local leader "missed its target" and hit him.

At least three other people, including a BNP leader, were injured in the incident that occurred at the Khulna BNP Office near the IT gate of Khulna University of Engineering and Technology (KUET) around 9pm on Sunday, said Khanjahan Ali Police Station chief Md Tuhinuzzaman.

The deceased, 55-year-old Emdadul Haque, was a resident of Teligati village in Aranghata Thana and a teacher at Noorani Hafiziya Madrasa in Bachitala, police said.

The injured are Mamun Sheikh, 45, the organising secretary of BNP's Jogipol Union wing, and Bellal Hossain, 30. They have been admitted to Khulna Medical College Hospital.

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