2 DB men stabbed in Gazipur

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Staff Reporter :Two members of the Detective Branch (DB) of Police were stabbed in an attack by miscreants at Shibbari intersection of Joydebpur in Gazipur district on Monday night.The injured detective officials have been identified as Sub-Inspector Moniruzzaman and Assistant Sub-Inspector Sumon Mia.They were shifted from Razarbagh Police Lines Hospital to Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) in a critical condition on Monday evening, police said. Police also detained a man in this connection. He was identified as Sarafat Hossain, a local unit of Jubo League activist in the area. Alam Chand, Inspector of DB police of Gazipur, said, “A gang of miscreants suddenly swooped on Moniruzzaman and Sumon when they were taking tea at a tea stall in the area around 9:15pm, leaving them injured, following a quarrel with the locals over serving tea.The DB members opened fire in self-defense and arrested one Sarafat Hossain, but the rest of the attackers managed to flee the scene.The injured policemen were sent to Shaheed Tajuddin Ahmad Medical College and Hospital instantly and then shifted to Razarbagh Police Lines Hospital in a critical condition. Finally they had been admitted to DMCH in the evening. Khandakar Rezaul Hasan, Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Joydevpur Police Station, said that a cease was filed in this connection on Monday morning. “We are investigating the case seriously, the police official said. The arrested man is being interrogated in this connection, he said.

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