Trader killed after being attacked in Dhaka flat

A man was killed yesterday after he was attacked by unidentified miscreants in his Pabna colony flat in the capital's Malibagh.

With injuries to the head and other parts of the body, Abdus Sattar, 40, a trader of raw chemical dying products, died on the way to Dhaka Medical College Hospital, police quoted the victim's landlord Mahirul as saying.

He might have been hit with stones, said Abdul Mabud, inspector (investigation) of Shahjahanpur Police Station.

Abdus Sattar was home alone during the incident as his wife along with two sons and a daughter went to their Belkuchi village residence in Sirajganj on Friday, he added.

On information that Abdus Sattar was not responding to his younger  son's cellphone calls, Mahirul first found him injured in the house, the gate of which was open, said the police official.

Later, Mahirul and his neighbours rushed him to the hospital where he was declared dead, said police who sent the body to the DMC morgue for autopsy.

They are investigating the murder, said the inspector, adding that no case was filed till last evening.