Extortionists shot a trader dead at Mirpur in the capital yesterday evening. Qamruzzaman Sumon, 30, was declared dead around 9:00pm when he was taken to Dhaka Medical College Hospital.
The brother of the deceased, Farhad Hossain Razon, told The Daily Star that two criminals had shot Sumon around 8:30pm in front of their under-construction house. Farhad was standing next to Sumon during the shooting.
The brother chased the shooters and with the help of locals caught Mohammad Sohag and handed him over to police. The other shooter and their getaway motorbike rider managed to flee the scene.
On the motive, Sohag told police that they had demanded Tk 3 lakh from Sumon’s family, but they were paid Tk 2 lakh, said Kamal Hossain, assistant commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police.
-With The Daily Star input
