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footage and trying to identify the killers.”
CCTV FOOTAGE, WITNESS ACCOUNTS
The entire attack was captured on nearby CCTV cameras. One video shows Mamun sprinting through the hospital gate, with two men chasing and firing continuously.
Within seconds, they closed in and shot him from point-blank range.
Another mobile phone video shows Mamun lying face-down between two buildings inside the hospital compound. One sandal had come off, and his sunglasses lay beside his head.
A man was heard shouting, “Call the doctor, hurry!” while another said in panic, “Only two men came and fired!”. Moments later, Mamun was placed on a stretcher and rushed to the emergency department -- just a few steps from where he fell.
A hospital source said doctors found no pulse when Mamun was brought in. He was then sent to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH), where doctors declared him dead around 11:45am.
Md Faruk, in charge of the DMCH police outpost, said the victim’s body was sent to the morgue for autopsy.
Arafat Hossain, a witness, said, “I was near the hospital gate when I saw a man running. Two men jumped off a motorcycle and started firing. The first shot was fired into the air, followed by six or seven more rounds aimed at the victim. He fell almost instantly.”
Another witness added, “There were police on the road and guards at the hospital gate -- yet no one moved. Everyone just ran for cover.”
Nasir Uddin, inspector (investigation) of Kotwali Police Station, however, claimed that the police rushed in just after learning about the incident.
SECOND ATTEMPT
This was not the first murder attempt on Mamun.
On September 19, 2023, Mamun was returning to his Tollabagh home from a bar in Moghbazar. When the car he was travelling in reached the BG Press area, seven to eight criminals on motorbikes intercepted the vehicle.
Mamun got out of the vehicle amid the hail of bullets and ran, but the criminals chased him down and stabbed him in the neck and back.
During that attack, stray bullets hit a passerby, Bhuban Chandra Shil, 55, a lawyer, who later died from his injuries.
After that attack, Mamun’s family said Emon had called and threatened Mamun’s life. Police then said the attackers were loyal to the top-listed criminal Emon.
Police officials now suspect the same criminal group may be behind this latest attack.
Mamun’s brother, Akram Hossain Sumon, told The Daily Star that the two were once allies. “Mamun got into Dhaka College in 1990. Around the same time, Emon was a student of Dhaka City College. They formed the Emon-Mamun Gang [a criminal network] in 1992.”
Sumon also said Mamun had 10-12 cases against him and that he served 24 years in prison, from 1999 to 2023, for many of these cases.
“The relationship between Mamun and Emon deteriorated in jail, and the two became arch-nemesis.”
Speaking to the media at DMCH yesterday, the victim’s wife, Dipa, said, “No one other than Emon could have done this. A few days ago, Emon had hired people to attack Mamun.”
She said Mamun had a garment business in Mirpur, and the couple lived in Aftabnagar with their two daughters. “Mamun left home around 9:00am to attend the court hearing. Shortly afterward, I received a phone call informing me of his death.”
No arrests were made till the filing of this report around 9:00pm last night.
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The Jamaat chief said that, if elected, people would not need to come to him with their problems; rather, he would proactively work to resolve their issues on a priority basis.
He remarked that the youth’s work is not yet finished—they must continue to cleanse society of “all sorts of filth.”
He further stated that, if given the opportunity to form the government, Jamaat would ensure that every child receives a quality education to help reform this “decaying society.”