Man shot dead in Mirpur

A man was shot dead by extortionists at the capital's Mirpur this evening.

Qamruzzaman Sumon, 30, a caretaker of construction agency, was declared dead around 9:00pm when he was rushed to the Dhaka Medical College Hospital.

A gang of three criminal riding a motorbike fired shots at Sumon, around 8:30pm, his father told The Daily Star at the hospital.

Police arrested Mohammad Sohag, who used to work for Sumon as a driver, said Kamal Hossain, assistant commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (Pallabi zone).