Caption: Lutfur Rahman Tarafdar Belal, right in the striped shirt, was shot and killed at the Circle H Food Mart in East Hartford Saturday night. Photo: NBC Connecticut
Unknown assailants have gunned down a Bangladeshi national at the Circle H Food Mart on Burnside Avenue in Connecticut's East Hartford in the United States. Victim Lutfur Rahman Tarafdar Belal, 45, was shot dead in the chest during a robbery at the Food Mart on August 25 night (NY time), Connecticut's East Hartford police confirmed this to The Daily Star over phone.
None was arrested in connection with the killing.
Belal was pronounced dead at the scene.
Belal who was working as a clerk at the Food Mart hailed from Ekatuna union of Moulvibazar Sadar upazila, reports Bangla daily Prothom Alo.
“We lost our friend. Three kids lost their parent,” said Nahid Wahed, a friend of the victim.
Wahed said the husband and father of three was loved by the community, reports NBC Connecticut.
“He was very nice. Every single person [said he was] very friendly. If anybody in the community need help, he’s right there,” said Wahed.
Wahed is shocked by the timing of his friend’s death.
“He was not supposed to work last night. He was covering [for] someone else,” added Wahed.
Investigators were at the crime scene throughout Sunday, collecting evidence.
While police search for the gunman, family and friends of Belal want the person responsible for the killing to serve a long sentence.
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