An Ansar member was shot dead by robbers while looting a barrack of the force inside the Rohingya camp in Teknaf upazila early Friday.

The deceased was identified as Ali Hossain, 55, son of Shukkur Ali, a resident of Tangail district.

Sources said a gang of armed robbers stormed the barrack at Shalbagan inside Muchni registered Rohingya camp around 2:20 am.

When Ansar member Ali Hossain tried to resist them, the robbers opened fire to him, leaving him critically injured.

Later Ali was whisked off to the Ansar camp hospital where doctors declared him dead.