ASI arrested for murder, shooting another

A sub-inspector of police was arrested yesterday on charges of shooting a man dead and injuring another in Gazipur over what officers said were personal issues.

ASI Kishor Kumar, bodyguard of Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM Mozzammel Haque, shot the two men, who used to be his friends, in Kutubdia area of Kaliakoir upazila.

Shaheedul Islam Shaheed, 35, of Aijgana area in Mirzapur, Tangail, died at the scene, said Alamgir Hossain Mazumder, officer-in-charge of Kaliakoir Police Station.

Another victim Moin Uddin, 32, of Kaliakoir is being treated at Enam Medical College Hospital in Savar with two bullet injuries to his stomach, he added.

Minister Mozammel told reporters that he asked the authorities to fire the suspect from his job because he seemed to have committed the crime in cold blood.

Quoting witnesses and the suspect, OC Alamgir said Kumar and the two men used to be friends and often hung out and sometimes took drugs.

Kumar recently started suspecting that Moin was having an affair with his wife, Alamgir said, adding that Kumar and his wife had been fighting over the issue a lot.

On Thursday night Kumar asked both men to come and hang out with him at a quiet place in Kutubdia area.

Around 9:45pm, Kumar arrived at the scene on a motorcycle and started shooting at both men as soon as he saw them, the OC added.

But he fled in a hurry as people in the neighbourhood heard the gunshots and started coming to the scene, the officer said. 

It appears that Kumar had planned to kill the men, Alamgir said.

On information, police recovered Shaheed's body and sent Moin to a hospital.

Russel Sheikh, additional superintendent of police in Gazipur, said Kumar was arrested in Ashulia with a pistol and six bullets. He was on leave during the crime.