Jamaat man shot in Ctg gunfight
A Jamaat-e-Islami cadre was shot and injured in a gunfight between party activists and policemen in Satkania upazila of Chittagong early yesterday.
Mohammad Nasiruddin, 40, of Alinagar village in the upazila, was first taken to Satkania Upazila Health Complex from where he was shifted to Chittagong Medical College and Hospital (CMCH).
Shahida Siddiqua, a physician at the upazila health complex, confirmed that Nasir and three policemen, who had sustained minor injuries, had been brought in the hospital.
Since Nasir had a bullet injury in the right leg, he was referred to CMCH but the others were given treatment and released, Shahida said.
Nasiruddin is an accused in three cases -- one filed with Satkania Police Station for attacking police during a Jamaat-called countrywide hartal on September 18 and two others for vandalism during hartal hours, said Khaled Hossain, officer-in-charge of Satkania Police Station.
Police arrested Nasiruddin at his residence around 12:30am. According to the information extracted from him, a team of Satkania police then went to raid Dubipara village adjacent to Alinagar to recover firearms, the OC said.
As soon as the law enforcers along with Nasiruddin reached a pond close to a hideout of Jamaat-Shibir men around 4:00am, his associates fired at them. A gunfight ensued as the police team fired back.
Nasir was shot in the leg as he tried to escape, OC Khaled said, adding a gang of Jamaat-Shibir men named "Bashar group" shelter in the den and carry out terrorist activities in the area.
Police fired 20 shots while Shibir men nearly 50 bullets during the gunfight.
Two firearms, eight cartridges and three sharp weapons were recovered from the scene.
Mohammad Rimon, 22, a cadre of Jamaat's student body Islami Chhatra Shibir, was also arrested at the spot after the gunfight, police sources said.
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