A businessman was killed at the capital’s Motijheel area yesterday when unidentified assailants entered his hotel room and gunned him down.
The murder of Abdul Hamid took place at Hotel Motijheel – located near the Dainik Bangla intersection – at around 7pm, said Proloy Kumar Saha, officer-in-charge (Investigation) of Motijheel police station.
Doctors declared him dead after he was taken to the Dhaka Medical College Hospital. Inspector Mozammel Haque of DMCH police camp said Hamid had a gunshot wound to his head.
Hamid, who hailed from Chittagong’s Sandwip, was renting room 201 of the hotel after reportedly arriving in the capital a few days ago.
The police said two young men came to the hotel yesterday evening looking for Hamid; the assailants opened fire using a small weapon when the victim – a businessman – opened his door to answer their knock.
However, Tofayel Ahmed, a boarder of the hotel claiming to be the victim’s friend, told reporters that Hamid was not a businessman, but used to work on a ship.
Tofayel claimed that he is also from Sandwip and checked in to the hotel while visiting Hamid. Police detained Tofayel.
No case has been filed so far in this connection. Sources said the body of the victim has been taken to the Dhaka Medical College morgue, while his family members have been notified.
