Feni BNP leader shot during arrest

A union level BNP leader was shot in the leg during arrest in Feni yesterday.

Ali Ahmad, 45, general secretary of Matigonj union BNP in Sonagazi upazila, is under treatment at Feni Sadar Hospital. 

Relatives and locals, who claimed to have witnessed the incident, said police shot Ali while he was fleeing from them.

Following the incident, people gathered in the area and locked in a clash with the law enforcers. Police then fired several blanks to bring the situation under control, they said.

However, Harun-or-Rashid, officer-in-charge of Sonagazi Police Station, said people began hurling projectiles at law enforcers when they went to arrest Ali.

He claimed Ali was shot by his own men during the clash.

Harun-or-Rashid said two police officials were injured in the clash.

Ali is accused in 22 cases, police claimed.