Singer Asif Akbar files case over shooting at his car

Singer Asif Akbar has filed a case over a shooting targeting his car in the capital’s Moghbazar area.

He filed the case with Hatirjheel Police Station on Saturday night, naming unidentified individuals as accused.

Hatirjheel Police Station Officer-in-Charge Md Asadu-zzaman confirmed the filing of the case.

He said the incident was being investigated, but those involved had yet to be identified. Besides police, other law enforcement agencies are also working on the case.

According to the complaint, Asif Akbar saw in video footage that a man got out of a CNG-run auto-rickshaw coming from Moghbazar towards Wireless Gate and walked to the parking area of Bishal Centre.

The man then fired at the glass of the rear right-side door of the singer’s car before fleeing the scene in the auto-rickshaw.

The complaint also stated that after being informed of theincident, police from Hatirjheel Police Station visited the scene and recovered a fragment of a bullet.

The shooting shattered the car window, causing an estimated Tk 20,000 in damage, according to the case statement.

Meanwhile, law enforcement agencies have collected CCTV footage from the scene and nearby buildings and are analysing the recordings as part of the investigation.