Man shot dead in New Market area

Unidentified miscreants shot dead a man in the New Market area in the capital on Tuesday night, police and locals have said.

The victim, 42, was pronounced dead by doctors at the Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH), said New Market Police Station Sub-Inspector Md Shahadat Hossain.

Dhaka University student Md Mesbah Rahman said two people, both wearing caps and facemasks, arrived on a motorbike on the road in front of the Shaheed Shahnewaz Hall of DU in the New Market area around 8pm.

They abruptly stopped the bike and indiscriminately started shooting a man on the road.

The man collapsed instantly, and pedestrians rushed to his aid. The locals also chased the shooters, who fired again targeting the crowd while fleeing the scene.

DU students and pedestrians rushed the victim to DMCH, before he was declared dead. DMCH police outpost In-Charge Md Faruk said the victim had bullets on his head and other parts of the body. The body has been kept at the hospital morgue, he added.