A man was killed during a gunfight between two rival groups of criminals on Jessore-Jhenidah highway in Jessore Sadar upazila early yesterday.
The deceased was identified as Azadur Rahman Tokon, 37, of the upazila.
Police said, being tipped-off that two criminal groups were trading gunshots near a filling station on Jessore-Jhenidah highway the law enforcers went to the spot around 2:30am.
After reaching the spot, police fired several blank shots to disperse the clashing groups, Officer-in-Charge Elias Hossain of Sadar Police Station said.
At one stage, police rescued a bullet-hit man from the spot and took him to Jessore Medical College Hospital where the doctors declared him dead.