Criminals shot and wounded a leader of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD), student wing of ruling BNP, near his residence at Mirpur in the city yesterday.

Humayun Kabir Rowshan, 27, former general secretary of Government Bangla College unit of JCD, has been undergoing treatment at Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) after receiving three bullets in the head, cheek and right hip.

He is a master's student of accounting department of the college.

Witnesses said a gang of five Shahadat, Sujon, Muktar, Ratan and Mintoo opened fire on Rowshan soon after he came out of his house at Block-

G in Section-1 at about 10:30am.

The criminals shot five times, three of which hit him.

Rowshan's maternal uncle Shahidul Islam said he was going to appear before a Dhaka court as hearing of a case he filed a few years back against some local criminals was scheduled.

Anwar Hossain Biplob, elder brother of Rowshan, said criminals attempted to kill him as he used to protest criminal and anti-social activi-tiesin the locality.

Local sources, however, said Rowshan was attacked as a sequel to aninternal conflict of JCD.

Police could neither arrest anyone nor any case was filed as of 7:00pm.