The New Nation - Internet Edition

Staff Reporter

An elderly Modhubagh resident was shot dead by unidentified assailants in the city's Dakshin Khan yesterday. The victim was identified as 96 years old Abu Bakar Siddique.

Ataur Rahman, the victim's grandson, said the assailants entered the house of Abu Bakar at the dead of night when he was asleep. They fired a hail of bullets on him and fled the scene. Abu Baker was rushed to Bangladesh Medical Hospital in Uttara and then shifted to Dhaka Medical College Hospital where doctors declared him dead at about 3:30am.

Police visited the spot and recovered a bloodstained bed sheet and pillows.

Police suspected the killing was pre-planned and some relatives of the victims might have been involved in the murder, as Abu Bakar owned vast landed property and a hefty bank balance.