Transport leader shot dead in city
A transport leader was shot dead by unidentified criminals at Mohammadpur in the city last night.
Kamruzzaman Mithu, 32, of Tikkapara of the area, had formed an organisation called Tempo Sramik Federation and used to introduce himself as the general secretary of its Dhaka (north) unit, police said.
The organisation was unregistered, they added.
According to his younger brother Moniruzzaman Monir, Mithu was at his office at Tikkapara around 7:30pm. As he went near Suchona Community Centre on Ring Road of Mohammadpur with one of his aides after receiving a phone call, four persons in two motorbikes turned up there and fired several shots at him.
Locals rushed him to National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases (NICVD) where he died around 8:15pm. His body was later sent to Dhaka Medical College morgue.
At least four to five bullets pierced his body, police said.
Monir added his brother was the president of Tikkapara unit Awami League. He was involved in trading old automobiles.
Mithu had been receiving threats from some members of Tempo Sramik Federation for the past few days, Monir said, adding the organisation was plagued with internal feud.
Officials of Mohammadpur Police Station said a group led by Mithu used to extort money from drivers of human haulers on Mohammadpur-Mirpur. They suspect a feud centring extortion might have led to killing.
No one was arrested in this connection till filing of this report around 10:30pm.
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