The New Nation - Internet Edition

Staff Reporter

A restaurant owner and local community leader was shot dead by hooligans at Shyampur area in the city yesterday morning.

Gunmen numbering three to four raided Toma Hotel and Restaurant at Mojaheed Nagar under Shyampur police station at about 9:30 am. At that time the owner of the restaurant Farid Uddin Sarker, 45, was taking his breakfast.

The gun-trotting goons shot him at point -blank and fled the scene. Farid, also president of DND Embankment Unnayan Nagorik Forum, was hit by six bullets in the chest and two hands.

The victim was rushed to Dhaka Medical College Hospital where attending doctor declared him dead.

Local people said Farid helped Rapid Action Battalion personnel in arresting a drug peddler with 1700 bottles of phensidyl recently. They suspected that it might be a reason for the killing.