Cop injured in gunfight with armed gang in Raozan

A cop was injured in a gunfight with an armed gang at a village in Raozan upazila of Chittagong yesterday.

Acting on a tip-off, Raozan police raided the house of a former chairman at Khalilabad village at around 11:00am where five criminals belonging to infamous Jane Alam Group were staying.

Sensing presence of the police, the criminals opened fire. Police returned fire, leading to a gunfight between the two sides.

Nayek Moinuddin was injured as bullets blew off three fingers of his right hand and pierced through his left palm. He was admitted to Chittagong Medical College Hospital.

After an hour-long fight, police nabbed one of the criminals named Bedaruddin while the rest managed to flee. A case was filed with Raozan Police Station.

Meanwhile, police yesterday arrested ten criminals, including an accused in BCL activist Osman Gani alias Sahabu murder case.

Sahabu was killed and his father and brother received bullet injuries when a gang attacked their house at Amtoli village of Raozan upazila in the early hours of Thursday.

The arrestees are Md. Musa, 28, Md. Salim, 22, Abdus Safa, 25, and Syedul Haq, 25, of Bhujpur union; Solaiman,22, and Md. Hasan, 20, of Pinedong; Omar Faruq, 24, of Janarkhil; Yeakub, 20, of Dhurang; Alamgir, 36, of Charaliarhat and Salauddin, 28, of Patiya.