Expatriate real estate agent killed in NY
A Bangladeshi expatriate real estate businessman was stabbed to death right in front of his 12-year-old son in New York City's Bronx on Wednesday.
Zakir Khan, 44, owner of Parkchester Real Estate New York, Inc, was killed allegedly by his landlord following a dispute over paying rent, reports NBC New York, quoting local police and victim's family.
Police found Zakir with multiple wounds to the torso in front of 1001 Logan Avenue in Throgs Neck. He was taken to Jacobi Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.
Law enforcement sources said Zakir was a tenant who had been living in an apartment inside the Egyptian landlord's home for the last nine months, promising to buy the place but not paying the rent.
When the 51-year-old landlord, identified as Taha Mahran, confronted him about it, the two got into an argument, and Mahran allegedly began stabbing Khan in front of his 12-year-old son, according to a family friend of the victim who wished to be unnamed.
"The landlord just came out, and from the car he pulled the gentleman who got killed, and he stabbed him multiple times," he said. "And within two hours, he was gone. It's shocking,” NBC New York reports quoting the family friend.
Police arrested Mahran on charges of murder, manslaughter and criminal possession of a weapon.
Hailing from Fenchuganj upazila of Sylhet, Zakir immigrated to the US in 1992. He studied at the City College of New York, and then started his real estate business.
Zakir was well-known in his community and involved in different social activities in Bronx.
As the news of his death spread, hundreds of expatriate Bangladeshis thronged the hospital.
Zakir left behind his wife and three children.
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