Youth shot dead

Masked criminals stormed into a house at Bakail village in Alfadanga upazila and shot dead a young man early yesterday. A gang of five to six criminals equipped with firearms entered the house at about 3:00am breaking open the door, said Arshad Molla, an uncle of the victim. They attacked the family members and at a stage dragged Firoj Sheikh, 25, son of Atiar Sheikh to the yard and shot him dead, as he tried to resist them. Firoj succumbed to his injuries on way to the upazila health complex.