Khagrachhari: An Ansar member was shot to death allegedly by one of his colleagues at Chowdhury Tilla Ansar post in Dighinala upazila of Khagrachhari on Friday.

The deceased is Nayek Amir Hossain, 55, commander of the Ansar post (security camp) and a resident of Panchhari upazila in the district.

Ansar member M Hashem said he had an altercation with Rafiqul Islam at the Ansar camp over the duty allotment at about 3:00pm. At one stage, Rafiqul took his rifle to shoot Hashem.

Amir stepped in to pacify Rafiqul. However, Rafiqul squeezed the trigger of the rifle as soon as the post commander held the gun.

Bullet pierced through his chest, leaving him dead on the spot, Hashem said.

Rafiqul went into hiding with his riffle and 84 bullets after the incident.

Dighinala Police officer-in-charge Shahadat Hossain Titu said police recovered the body and sent it to hospital for autopsy.

Police and army members launched drives to arrest the killer, the OC added.