Mohammad Rafi Hossain, a 26-year-old online clothing trader, died on Wednesday morning while undergoing treatment at the intensive care unit of Dhaka Medical College Hospital. He had been critically injured in a shooting by a teenage gang in the capital’s Lalbagh area on May 14. Police confirmed that the attack was carried out with the intent to kill due to previous enmity. His body has been kept at the hospital morgue for autopsy.

According to local sources and Rafi’s friend Sajib, a group of seven to eight assailants, including individuals named Imon, Shahabuddin, Mintu, and Rezaul, attacked them in Shahid Nagar on Thursday night. The attackers first questioned Sajib about a youth named Shahin, and when he denied knowing him, they began beating him. Rafi was shot when he came forward to intervene, with a bullet piercing his right side.

Residents alleged that the attackers were known teenage gang members and drug dealers in the area. Police said operations are ongoing to arrest those involved.