Diagnostic centre staff shot

Staff Correspondent
Unidentified assailants shot a diagnostic centre official at Pallabi in Mirpur yesterday.

Four armed youths fired at Kabir Hossain, an official of Medicon Laboratory Limited, when his microbus driver was repairing a punctured tyre in front of Bara Mosque in Jhut Patti area at about 9:30am.

He was admitted to Dhaka Medical College Hospital with wounds in both legs.

The motive behind the shooting could not be known immediately. A case was filed with Pallabi Police Station.