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Contractor shot dead

Cops suspect dispute over business led to the murder

Staff Correspondent
A contractor of the Water Development Board was shot dead by two criminals in Arambagh in the city yesterday.
The shooting happened when Sultan Ahmed, 42, was entering his office at Mokbul Tower after getting down from his microbus around 11:00 am, witnesses said.
Doctors at Dhaka Medical College Hospital declared Sultan, a resident of
Kadamtola, dead when he was rushed there around half-an-hour after the incident.
Morgue sources said the deceased had two bullets in the chest, one in the abdomen and the other in his right arm.
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Police suspected that the murder had taken place centering on a row over business. The law enforcers, however, could not detain anyone in connection with the murder.
Amir Hossain, driver of the microbus, told The Daily Star that he had dropped Sultan and his office assistant Quamrul Hassan Shammi in front of their office, SASI Private Ltd, minutes before the killing.
"At the time I was parking the microbus, I heard a bang which sounded like gunshots," he said, adding that he immediately got down from the vehicle and found his employer lying in a pool of blood.
Shammi claimed that he was several yards behind Sultan and after the sounds he saw two men running away.
Saifur Rahman, senior assistant commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (Motijheel Zone), said the criminals had been waiting there for around 15 minutes before Sultan's arrival, keeping their motorbike a little distance away.
They fired several rounds before riding off on the motorbike, he said, quoti ng witnesses.
Police interrogated Amir and Shammi. "We are considering all possible aspects, including disputes
with other contractors, in the investigation," he added.
Ali Ahsan Shamim, general manager of SASI Private Ltd, said Sultan had been abducted by some unknown criminals on September 24, 2011 and was freed near Khamarbari the next day.
A senior official of the firm, preferring anonymity, told The Daily Star that Sultan had shared the work of a canal digging project with a subcontractor in 2010.
Later, a financial dispute arose between the sub-contractor and him and Sultan filed a case with Motijheel Police Station in this connection, the official added.
Kazi Hasina Afroz, wife of the deceased, said she did not know anything about the killers.
SHOPKEEPER FOUND DEAD
Police recovered the slaughtered body of a shopkeeper from in front of his tea-stall in the capital's Kafrul early yesterday.
The deceased was identified as Mizanur Rahman, a resident of East Senpara Parbata.
"We recovered the body around 5:00 am. We are investigating to find out the reason behind the murder," said Abdul Kaiyum, officer-in-charge of Kafrul Police Station.