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A 20-year-old youth was shot dead by unidentified assailants in Dhaka’s Dhulpur area of Jatrabari on Tuesday evening.
The victim, identified as Maruf, also known as Dukhu Mia, was shot at around 7pm at a Dhaka South City Corporation garbage truck garage near the Dhulpur WASA gate on October 27.
His relatives rushed him to the emergency department of Dhaka Medical College Hospital, where doctors declared him dead at around 7:45pm.
According to his cousin, Bithi Akter, Maruf had returned home after work and later told his wife that he was going outside.
The family subsequently learned of the shooting and found that he had sustained a bullet wound to the right side of his chest.
Maruf worked at an aluminium cookware factory in Dayaganj.
His relatives said they were unaware of any dispute involving him and could not identify those responsible for the shooting.
Inspector Mohammad Habibur Rahman, in charge of the hospital police outpost, said the body had been kept at the hospital morgue for an autopsy.
The incident was reported to Jatrabari Police Station.
The motive behind the killing and the identities of the attackers remain unclear.