One middle-aged person was shot
dead inside a tailoring shop at Topsia in eastern part of the metropolis and three persons were arrested in this connection, police said today.
"Mohammed Mursheed (50) was fired in his head following an altercation with four persons who came to the shop from Park Street area late last evening," a senior police officers said, adding that Mursheed was rushed to the National Medical College and Hospital, where he was declared brought dead.
On the basis of the complaint of the shop's tailor-master, an eye witness in the crime, three persons were arrested while the fourth one was absconding, the officer said.
"We are investigating into the incident and checking whether these people knew Mursheed or whether they had any personal grudge against him. We have launched a search for him," he said.
