BANGLADESH

Unidentified gunmen shot dead a businessman, who recently returned home from Kuwait, at Mirpur in the capital on Saturday afternoon.

The deceased was identified as Haider Ali, 50.

The police said a group of criminals stormed into his residence at Maddha Pirerbagh and shot him around 2:30pm.

Haider died around 3:30pm on way to Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH), the police said.

Sub-inspector of DMCH police outpost Mozammel Haque told that it is yet to be ascertained whether the incident was the upshot of robbery or there was some other motive.

Haider's wife Selina Begum told reporters that her husband had returned to the country from Kuwait a few months ago and started investing in the stock market.

The body has been sent to DMCH morgue for autopsy, the police said.