Gunmen shoot dead Bianibazar OC, injure SI
Criminals shot dead the officer-in-charge of Bianibazar Police Station and wounded a sub-inspector and a student in Bianibazar upazila last night.
The deceased, Munayemul Islam, 43, hailed from Bheramara upazila of Kushtia.
A police team led by him went to Kalaiura village, some 20 kms off the police station, as two local gangs were locked in a gunfight there, said Ruhul Amin, superintendent of police (SP) in Sylhet.
Munayemul's men came under fire as soon as they reached the scene at around 10:00pm, he added.
The OC was bullet-hit in the back and died on the spot.
He had joined Bianibazar Police Station just six months back.
Mujibur, the injured SI, and Rumon, the student, were admitted to Bianibazar health complex.
Rumon was later shifted to Osmani Medical College Hospital.
Police suspect that local gangster Moyezuddin fired on the policemen and the student. No one was arrested in this connection as of filing this report at 1:30am.
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