Tuesday, March 6, 2012
Star Online Report
A Saudi diplomat was found dead at Ghulshan area in the capital early Tuesday.
Khalak al Ali, 45, a Saudi citizen and head of Citizens’ Affairs unit of Saudi Embassy in Dhaka, was shot once, Rafiqul Islam, officer-in-charge of Gulshan Police Station, told The Daily Star.
“One of our diplomatic staff was killed near his house in Gulshan this morning. This is sad,” UNB quoted Saudi Ambassador to Bangladesh Dr Abdullah Al Bussairy as saying.
The killers might have shot the Saudi official somewhere else and dumped his body on the road in Gulshan, Khandker Lutful Kabir, deputy commissioner of Gulshan Division, told The Daily Star.
“Police did not see any sign of blood at the place the body was found,” he said.
Police said they first came to know about the killing from a security guard.
The bullet-hit body was lying on Road No. 117-120 around 1:20am, said OC Rafiqul Islam.
“The Saudi official was clad in a tracksuit,” he said.
When he was rushed to United Hospital, doctors said he had died much earlier, Lutful Kabir said.
Police could not ascertain the motive behind the killing immediately.
“We hope the government will catch the killers,”
Ambassador Bussairy said while talking to UNB.
This is the first time a foreign diplomat has been murdered in Bangladesh, added UNB.
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