4 shot by outlaws in Barisal
Our Correspondent Barisal
Four people were injured in shots fired allegedly by outlaws at Chhai Mile (six miles) near the city Thursday night. Local people chased the criminals and caught the driver and seized the autotempo in which they came. But the outlaws escaped, locals and police said. Protesting alleged police failure, the local people also blocked the Barisal-Dhaka highway there for an hour. An armed gang allegedly belonging to the Sarbahara came in an autotempo and knocked on the door of the house of one Md Motaleb, whose son works abroad. They introduced themselves as Sarbaharas and asked the inmates to open the door. As the gang tried to break the door, the inmates cried out for help. Neighbours came and chased the Sarbaharas, who ran away firing shots and leaving their tempo and the driver. The people caught the driver, Yar Hossain, 30, son of Arab Ali of Salia Bakpur area in Banaripara upazila in Barisal district and handed him over to police along with the tempo. The four injured are Jalil, 15, Shahadat Hossain Liton, 25, Mizanur Rahman, 26 and Mizan Khan, 24. They are being treated at Barisal Sher-e-Bangla Medical College Hospital. Yar Hossain later told police that the Sarbaharas hired his tempo. A case has been filed.
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