Public health staff shot to death

Sunday, August 15, 2010

Unknown criminals shot dead an employee of Institute of Public Health (IPH) in the capital's Mohakhali yesterday afternoon.

The deceased, Siddiqur Rahman, 46, was a laboratory assistant and also the general secretary of the class IV employees' union.

A gang of three on a motorbike shot seven bullets at Rahman near IPH around 5:00pm.

The bullet-hit man was first rushed to nearby Ayesha Memorial Hospital and later to Dhaka Medical College Hospital.

Doctors at DMCH declared him dead around 7:00pm.

Hailing from Munsiganj district, Rahman was a resident of Dalipara in Turag.

Family sources said there was a dispute over the IPH canteen. Rahman was running the canteen alongside his job.

Gulshan police confirmed the incident.