Cable TV businessman Mujibur Rahman, who was shot dead in front of his house in Jatrabari, Dhaka early Tuesday, was killed by his tenants, police said yesterday.
Analysing footages from a CCTV camera installed at the gate of Mujib’s house, it was found that the two persons who shot Mujib had moved into the fourth floor of the building a few days before, said Sub-Inspector Parimal Chandra of Jatrabari Police Station.
“The two killers are on the run. We will know who planned the killing, if there is any, after they are arrested,” he told the Dhaka Tribune.
The Detective Branch of police and the Rapid Action Battalion are also working on the case, he added.
Mujibur was killed around 3am on Tuesday, on his way home from work for sehri. He was the owner of cable TV service provider Aziz Cable in Old Dhaka.
He lived on the first floor of the five-storey building he owned in Kazirgaon area in Jatrabari. He used to stay at work until sehri during Ramadan, his family members said.
His brother Saidul Islam filed a murder case with Jatrabari police on late Tuesday night, after burying Mujibur in Gopalganj, where they are from.
Saidul claimed that the two killers had been missing since the murder and might have been involved in the killing.
Police confirmed the next day that they had indeed been the killers. The motive of the killing has still unknown.
Earlier, Mujibur’s wife Shahida Rahman said Mujibur had filed a general diary with police against Khokon, son of businessman Alam from Jurain are who is quite influential, and his girlfriend following an altercation with the pair.
She further said Mujibur had another dispute with local Jubo League leader Harun.
“We are taking these conflicts in consideration as the investigation proceeds,” Sub-Inspector Parimal said.
Shahida also said the killers had tied up the building’s guard Rubel before they killed Mujibur.
The guard, Rubel, was taken in police custody for questioning and was freed later, said Jatrabari police OC Abani Shankar.
