3 hurt as cops, ‘criminals’ exchange gunfire at Gulshan

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 Police and alleged criminals exchanged gunfire at a restaurant in the city’s Gulshan area on Friday night, leaving at least three people, including two policemen, injured. Injured constables Alamgir, 26, and Pradip, 28, and Abdur Razzak, a microbus driver, were taken to Dhaka Medical College Hospital. An assistant commissioner (patrol) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) told UNB that the gunshots broke out at Holy Artisan Bakery on Road-79 of Gulshan-2 around 9:30pm. It was not clear whether anyone got trapped inside the restaurant. Police cordoned off the restaurant and all the surrounding roads were blocked. –UNB, Dhaka.

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