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shot in city

Staff Reporter

Three people were shot by the assailants in city's Banani and Ibrahimpur areas yesterday.

In the first incident, muggers shot a car driver, Badrul Alam, in Banani when he tried to save his employer.

Badrul Alam said muggers intercepted his employer, an Indian woman near Canadian International School at about 8:45am when she was getting into the car. The muggers also snatched away her gold chain, he added.

As Badrul tried to save the woman, the muggers shot him on his left thigh. He was admitted to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH).

In the other incident, assailants shot two construction workers in Ibrahimpur at about 9:00am.

Witnesses said the assailants entered the compound of an under-construction apartment at 430/A Ibrahimpur and shot workers Mamun, 20, and Mujibur Rahman, 39. They were admitted to the DMCH.

Two separate cases were filed.