Guard shot at for toll

Armed criminals shot a security guard of a construction firm at the city's West Tejkunipara yesterday after a contractor of the site refused to pay Tk 5 lakh toll.
Mohammad Solaiman, 35, of Central Builders' Ltd was in a critical condition when he was rushed to Dhaka Medical College Hospital with two bullet injuries in his chest and one in the left hand.
"A gang of four armed criminals asked Solaiman about contractor Saidul Islam as he was not present there, suddenly one of them fired three bullets and they left the spot," supervisor Abu Bakar Siddiq told The Daily Star.
He said a general diary was filed with Tejgaon Police Station a month ago after criminals demanded Tk 5 lakh toll.