A cable businessman was shot dead early yesterday in front of his house in Dhaka’s Jatrabari. The deceased was Mujibur Rahman, 55, from Gopalganj.
He was allegedly shot in front of his house around 3am when he was returning home. He was the owner of Aziz Cable in Old Dhaka.
Relatives said Mujibur lived on the first floor of a five-storey building in Kazirgaon of Jatrabari. He used to come back home just before sehri. Unidentified criminals shot him and fled leaving him seriously injured. As he did not return home by 4am, his wife came out and found him in front of the building. His brother Saidul Islam took him to a local hospital and later he was sent to Dhaka Medical College Hospital.
Police said he had bullet injuries on his neck and back. His wife Shahida Rahman said criminals tied up the guard of the building before they killed him. She said Mujibor had filed a GD over an altercation with Khokon, son of one Alam of Juraine and his girl friend.
