Jubo Dal leader among 2 injured
Two alleged criminals sustained bullet injuries during a 'shootout' with police at Balaishpur village in Sadar upazila on Friday night.
The law enforcers also seized one LG and five bullets from the spot, said police.
The injured are Md Kiron, 30, joint convenor of Uttar Hamsadi union unit of Jubo Dal, and son of Joinal Abedin of Bijoynagar village; and Maidul Islam Rubel, 32, son of Ruhul Amin of Basudihita village in the upazila.
They were admitted to Laxmipur Sadar Hospital, said Assistant Superintendent of Police Junaid Kawsar.
At around 11:00pm, a police team, acting on a tip-off, raided the village to arrest wanted criminal, Masum Billah alias Laden Masum.
Sensing the presence of the police team, the cohorts of Masum opened fire, prompting the law enforcers to retaliate, ASP Junaid said, adding that Kiron and Rubel received bullets during the gunfight.
Kiron and Rubel are listed criminals and accused in several cases, the ASP further said. District Jubo Dal General Secretary Abdul Mannan Liton said Kiron is joint convernor of the party's Uttar Hamsadi union unit.
Three constables--Sharif, Nazmun and Ibrahim--also sustained injuries during the clash and took first aid, police said.
Md Kajol, elder brother of the Jubo Dal leader, alleged that the detectives picked up Kiron from in front of their house in the afternoon. They took him to Balaishpur village in the name of recovering arms and shot him in the left leg there.
Rubel told this correspondent that police arrested him from a tea stall at Chandraganj Bazar on Friday night, took him to the village and shot him in the leg.
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