Shop owner shot dead in Comilla; 3 hurt

A decoration shop owner was shot to death and three others were injured by miscreants at Noapara in Comilla Sadar upazila early today.

Mukul, 48, owner of a decoration shop at Noapara, was gunned down by the armed miscreants while he was returning home after offering Fazr prayer at the local mosque, witnesses said.

Later, they swooped on the house of Mukul’s friend Saiful and fired shots at Saiful, 50, his nephew Rifat, 21, and Ripon, 23, leaving them critically injured.

The injured were rushed to Comilla Medical College Hospital.

On information, police rushed there and recovered the body and sent it to the hospital morgue for an autopsy.

Additional police forces have been deployed in the area following the killing.

Police suspect previous enmity behind the murder, said Assistant Superintendent of Police Imtiaz Mahmud, adding nothing could be said for sure before the investigation.