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. [Read more]