Armed attack on motor parts shops
A bullet hole in a shop front after an armed attack on four motor parts shops at Bijoy Nagar in the city yesterday. Photo: STAR
Unidentified criminals sprayed bullets at four motor parts shops at Bijoy Nagar in the city yesterday, injuring a shop employee and damaging glass walls.
Bullet-hit Jihad, 15, an employee of Azad Car Centre, received treatment at Dhaka Medical College Hospital.
The police, however, could not establish the motive behind the armed attack.
Witnesses said a gang of five or six criminals carried out the armed attack on four shops in the area -- Bikrampur Car Fashion, Azad Car Centre, Suva Car and Erin Enterprise -- around 5:30pm and ran away.
Md Palash, owner of Bikrampur Car Fashion, said, "I was sitting at the cash register. Suddenly two youths appeared in front of my shop, sprayed bullets on the glass wall and flashed by. Hearing gunshots, I ducked behind the cash register. When I came out, I found that glasses of my shop and three other adjacent shops were damaged and one person was injured in the attack."
He said he heard around 12 gunshots.
Officer-in-charge (OC) Mujibur Rahman of Paltan Police Station said local goons might have carried out the armed attack to create panic among the traders.
Quoting the shop owners, he said there are disputes over the land of the shops, which might have been the reason behind the attack. They also think that local extortionists might also have carried out the attack.
Palash said the traders have to pay tolls to local extortionists on regular basis and they often demand more money.
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