Khunla: A freedom fighter was shot to death by miscreants at Rayer Mahal in the city on Wednesday night.

The deceased was identified as Shahadat Hossain Mollah, in his sixties, also a local Awami league leader and a resident of Rayer Mahal area of the city.

Deputy Additional Commissioner of Khulna Metropolitan Police(KMP) Monira Sultana said around three miscreants came on a motorbike and opened fire at him in front of his shop in the area around 8:30pm, leaving him dead on the spot and four others injured.

Two of the critically injured were sent to Khulna Medical College Hospital, the police official added.