Criminals kill trader

Criminals gunned down a fruit trader at Ghunshi in sadar upazila yesterday morning allegedly for refusing to pay tolls. Witnesses said Dulal Molla, 50, a fruit trader of Dhaka city, was shot twice on the chest near Ghunshi High School at about 6am. He died on the spot. A resident of Ghunshi village, Dulal was walking to the busstand to go to his business place in Dhaka. His wife Nurunhanar told UNB that criminals of Mosharraf Bahini recently demanded tolls of Tk 3 lakh from her husband. “It was impossible for him to pay so much money. So, he politely refused expressing the inability,” she said suspecting gunmen of Mosharraf Bahini killed Dulal.