Two employees of internet firm shot in Dhaka over unpaid extortion demand

Two employees of an internet service provider were shot and injured by unidentified gunmen at their office on Wapda Road in Dhaka’s Rampura area on Sunday evening, after the company reportedly refused to pay extortion money.

The injured were identified as Saju Ahmed Rubel, 28, and Habibur Rahman, 27, who were taken to the emergency department of Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH).

According to Habibur, four to five young men—two of them wearing masks—entered the office of Speed Touch Network and Technology near Taqwa Mosque and opened fire after one assailant demanded to know why the money had not been paid.

Bandan Kumar Saha, the firm’s network operations in-charge who brought the victims to the hospital, said two local extortionists – Guja Badsha and Jony – had telephoned 15 to 20 days earlier demanding Tk10 lakh in extortion, threatening to shut down the business in the area if the sum was not paid.

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Inspector Md Habibur Rahman, in-charge of the DMCH police outpost, said Rubel sustained a bullet wound to his right leg and Habib was shot in his left hand. Both men lived at the office; Habib is from Matlab Uttar upazila in Chandpur, while the second victim is from Nalchhiti upazila in Jhalkathi.

Hatirjheel Police Station Officer-in-Charge Md Asaduzzaman said police were deployed to the scene following the shooting and an investigation is underway.