N'ganj slum dwellers beat up 3 cops, snatch accused who was later rearrested
An alleged accused in over 20 cases managed to evade police for several hours after Chonpara Slum's dwellers reportedly snatched him and beat up two assistant sub-inspectors (ASI) and a constable during a raid in Narayanganj's Rupganj around 2:30pm yesterday.
Members of Dhaka Metropolitan Police's (DMP) Detective Branch (DB), ASI Milon, 30, has been admitted to Dhaka Medical College Hospital while ASI Shakhawat, 30, and constable Monir, 45, were released after treatment.
Shamsher Ali, 28, an accused in over 20 cases of robbery and drug peddling, was finally arrested along with three others in the evening in a joint drive by DMP DB and local police, said Rupganj Police Station Officer-in-Charge Ismail Hossain.
Even shots fired in the air could not deter the attack by people armed with brick chips and sticks when the DMP DB team, led by an assistant commissioner, had handcuffed Shamsher, he added.
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