3 of a family shot by neighbour

Three of a family were injured in a shotgun attack allegedly by a neighbour at Delna in the capital's Khilkhet yesterday morning.

Shudho Miah, 50, his son Abdul Halim, 30, and his sister Fatema Begum, 46, received shotgun pellets in the legs and took primary treatment at Dhaka Medical College Hospital, Bachchu Mia, in-charge of DMCH police outpost, said.

The incident occurred when Shudho found that Hamidur Rahman pulled a dredging pipeline through his land and they locked into an altercation, said Bachchu, quoting the injured.

An attempt to murder case was filed against Hamidur. But no arrest was made till filing of this report at 9:00pm.