Rezaul Bashar, 35, of Basabo, Sabujbagh, reportedly owner of a travel agency, was crossing the road in front of his New Paltan office when two appeared by a motorcycle and opened fire on him.

Bashar with bullet-wounds in his right thigh was rushed to a local clinic and to National Institute of Traumatology & Orthopaedic Rehabilitation (Nitor).

Motiheel police, however, could not say anything about the incident at 7:30 last night.

In Mohammadpur, criminals hijacked a car of the Islami Bank Bangladesh Ltd. (IBBL) after shooting its driver.

Driver Abdur Rahman was waiting for IBBL Director Shahidul Islam at PC Culture Housing Society at 9:15am when four criminals asked him to yield the key of the car (Dhaka Metro-Ga-14-4876).

Refused, the criminals shot at his right thigh and drove off in the car.

IBBL Vice-president Rezaul Karim filed a case with Mohammadpur Police Station on behalf of Rahman.

Demra police, meanwhile, recovered the rotting body of a woman of about 25 from a pond in Sarulia yesterday at 12:05am and sent it to Mitford hospital for autopsy.