Trader shot dead in city
Unidentified gunmen shot dead a trader in Kunjaban residential area in the capital's East Rampura last night.
The deceased, Mohammad Shahidullah, 52, was also a stockmarket investor and a former employee of Emirates airline.
He was standing in front of his drugstore on the ground floor of his five-storey building when a gang of youths fired on him at around 9:30pm, Rampura police said quoting an eyewitness.
Shahidullah, also president of Kunjaban residential welfare association, received two bullets in the chest and shoulder. He died on the way to Dhaka Medical College Hospital.
His younger brother Abdul Momen told The Daily Star they have no idea what could be the motive behind the killing.
“As far as I know, my brother had no enmity with anyone,” he added.
No case was filed and none was arrested till filing of this report at 1:30am today.
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