Dhaka: Three people were shot and chopped with knives by roving armed extortionists at Senpara Parbata of Kafrul in the city on Saturday morning, amid a latest spurt in the incidence of crime.
 
Witnesses said a gang of 3 miscreants was looking for the contractor of an under-construction project of Spile Development Company at around 7:00am. An altercation occurred between the goons and security guard Abdul Wahab of the company.

“At one stage of the altercation, they shot Wahab in the leg,” says a firsthand report. Locals sent him to Dhaka Medical College Hospital.

Much the same time and in the same area, ¾ miscreants were searching for officials of another construction project, Suncity Development Ltd. Failing to get them, the gang of gunmen shot Uzzal Hossain, 20, a worker of the project, and stabbed randomly another worker, Anju.

Locals sent them to Al-Helal Hospital, Mirpur. Later, they were shifted to Dhaka Medical College Hospital for better treatment. Duty doctors said Anju was in “critical condition”.

Duty officer of Kafrul Thana SI Ashiqur Rahman visited the spots. But no case was filed yet.

BDST 1450 hrs May 29, 2010
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