Two more accused arrested

Rab and police yesterday arrested two people in connection with last week's shooting of a pregnant woman that injured both the mother and her unborn baby in Magura.

The two are Magura district Chhatra League Vice-president Sen Suman and Nazrul Islam, both accused in the case filed over the shooting.

Suman was captured by Rab-4 at Kallayanpur in the capital.

A police team arrested Nazrul from a bus bound for Khulna at Shreepur upazila in Magura, said Imaul Haque, officer-in-charge of Detective Branch of police in Magura.

Rab-4 Commanding Officer Khandakar Lutful Kabir, also an additional DIG, said they were yet to decide whether they would hand Suman over to the police or send him to a court.

During a factional clash between Jubo League men on July 23, eight-month-pregnant Nazma Khatun was shot in the abdomen. The bullet pierced through her baby's right shoulder, also injuring her right eye.

Miraculously, the baby girl survived after a two-hour Caesarean on her 35-year-old mother at Magura General Hospital.

The baby was sent to Dhaka Medical College Hospital on July 26 without her mother. The mother was later brought to the DMCH to breast feed the baby as advised by doctors.

So far, law enforcers arrested four people, including the two yesterday, in connection with the case filed against 16 people.