No arrest yet in BNP leader’s murder in Badda

Police have yet to uncover any clues behind the murder of Kamrul Ahsan Shadhon, 52, former joint convener of BNP's Gulshan thana unit, as of yesterday.

Shadhon, who also ran an internet service business, was shot dead by two unidentified assailants in the capital's Badda area on Sunday night.

According to police, the attackers approached Shadhon on foot and opened fire while he was sitting on a roadside chair on Road 4 in the Godaraghat area around 10:06pm. He was talking to two or three people at the time. The assailants fled the scene immediately.

Shadhon was taken to National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases in Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, where doctors declared him dead on arrival. A video of the incident has since gone viral on social media.

An autopsy was conducted yesterday at Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College morgue. Morgue sources said five bullet wounds were found on his body.

Shadhon's nephew Zihad Hossain said, "He had no known enmity with anyone, either in business or politics. We hope police will soon arrest the killers."

Shadhon's wife filed a case with Badda Police Station against unidentified persons yesterday.

Contacted, Talebur Rahman, deputy commissioner (media) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police, said no arrests had been made as of 8:30pm yesterday. "We are trying to arrest the killers," he said.

A police official from DMP's Gulshan division said they are investigating three possible motives -- political rivalry, business conflict, and local supremacy.