A businessman was gunned down by unknown assailants in the city's Jhigatola area Saturday night, reports UNB.
The victim was identified as Habibur Rahman alias Shahazada (30), a garment machinery trader, and son of Abdul Matin.
Witnesses said, the gunmen sprayed bullets on Habibur in his office-cum-residence, Yea Rabba Enterprise, at 42/23 Moulvi Talek Road around 7:30pm, leaving him seriously injured.
Hearing the gunshots, Habib's business partner Amir Koshru Babu, who was cooking in the kitchen, rushed to the office room, and found his bullet-ridden body lying on the floor.
Habib was rushed to Dhaka Medical College Hospital, where doctors declared him dead. The body was taken to the DMCH morgue for autopsy.
The motive behind the killing could not be known immediately.
Businessman gunned down in city
FE Team | Published: October 28, 2007 00:00:00 | Updated: February 01, 2018 00:00:00
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