Unidentified miscreants shot BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia’s adviser Reaz Rahman in capital's Gulshan area on Tuesday evening.

They also torched his car.

The attackers shot him in front of the Westin Hotel in Gulshan-2 around 8:45pm on his way back from Khaleda’s office, party sources said.

Witnesses said 3 miscreants came to the spot with a motorbike and shot him in the area, leaving him injured.

Later, they set fire to his vehicle and flee away.

He was rushed to the United Hospital in Gulshan where doctors  said he received three bullets.

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