Two unidentified youths, riding a motorcycle, gunned down Saidur Rahman alias Leel Mia, 28, at Ring Road in Mohammadpur at around 4:30pm yesterday. Saidur, a rice-trader, was shot once in his chest.

Wearing a green shirt and ashen trousers, he was then standing in front of the sales counter of Rajdhani bus service to buy a ticket for Brahmanbaria, witnesses said.

Mohammadpur police sent him to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) where the doctors declared him dead.

Some policemen posted nearby said four other youths waiting in a yellow cab (Dhaka Metro-Pa 11-4783) parked near the counter also fled suspiciously after the gunshot.

Hearing the news, Saidur's brother Mosharraf Hossain rushed from Brahmanbaria to the DMCH. Mosharraf said Saidur used to supply rice to 44 shops at Mohammadpur Krishi Market and collect money twice a week.

"He was returning home with over Tk 2 lakh that he collected from his clients," Mosharraf said, adding the attackers might have been muggers.

Saidur had a piece of paper in his pocket that read gave his home address as 'Saidur Rahman, son of Suruj Miah, Jatrapur, Ashuganj, Brahmanbaria' and also his present address as 617 Gulistan, Puratan Bazar, sources said.

Earlier at around 2:30pm yesterday, Mirpur police recovered the decomposed body of Motahar Hossain from a padlocked room of Salauddin's Mess at Baghbari in Gabtoli, sources said.

Police suspect he was strangulated about 15 days ago.

In another incident on Wednesday at around 10:00pm, a gang of six people riding on three motorbikes sprayed bullets on Khorshed Alam, a perfume trader, when he was talking to a friend at Barua in Badda, killing him on the spot, said his brother-in-law Mosharraf Hossain.

The 35 years old Khorshed received seven bullets in his face, hands and legs, Mosharraf added.

The victim's wife Razia Khatun said some local extortionists demanded Tk 10,000 from him last week and alleged the murder was a sequel to his refusal to pay.

She filed a case with Badda Police Station yesterday accusing eight locals of Khilkhet area including Mithu, Sujan and Mashiur Rahman Mashu.

Police however suspect that Khorshed, a broker who worked at Zia International Airport, might have been killed due to dispute over business dealings.

Also in Wednesday night, some hoodlums stabbed Jamal Hossain, a worker of Denso Workshop, at Madhya Pirerbagh in Mirpur.

Mirpur police found Jamal wounded at around 10:30pm and sent him to the DMCH, where he died at 3:30am yesterday.

His family members told the police that one man named Wahab and some other unknown youths called the 18-year-old metal worker out of his Darus Salam house at 9:00pm Wednesday.

Jamal reportedly had a feud with Wahab over some transaction of money. His father Mostafa Kamal lodged a case with Mirpur Police Station yesterday.