JCD cadre blamed for killings of two found at DU

The bodies of the victims -- old car trader Ismail Hossain and his friend Yasin -- were found in a car near Mohin Hall of Dhaka University.

Ismail's wife Shanaz Begum told newsmen JCD cadre Tuhin called her husband, a supporter of Awami League, over mobile phone and demanded Tk 2 lakh. Tuhin threatened him with dire consequences Thursday morning if he did not pay the money, she added.

Other sources said someone called Ismail over mobile phone at his phone-fax shop at Mohammadia Housing Society in Mohmmadpur Thursday evening and asked him to come to Dhanmondi area. His friend Yasin, a BNP supporter, came to the shop at the time. Then they went out together in Ismail's car.

"I heard gun shots and found three people fleeing," said a journalist, who was passing through Mohsin Hall area Thursday evening.

Locals found the two persons in a pool of blood in the car. Both were shot in the head and shoulder.

Police said Ismail was a cadre of a former AL lawmaker, a listed criminal and an accused in more than seven cases.

The victims' bodies were handed over to their families after autopsy at Dhaka Medical College Hospital morgue yesterday.

Shanaz filed a case with Ramna Police Station. No arrest was made till last night.