Staff Reporter :
A leader of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) was allegedly shot at by own pistol in a room at Haji Mohammad Mohsin Hall of Dhaka University (DU) in the small hours of Sunday.
The injured leader has been identified as Abdullah Al Zubayer Bhuiyan,Vice-President of the BCL DU unit, hall sources said.
He was shifted to a private hospital from Dhaka Medical College and Hospital early Sunday, they said.
Zubayer has been shot in the leg, said DMCH Police Outpost In-Charge Bachchu Mia.
Besides, Jahirul Islam, President of the BCL Mohsin Hall unit claimed that
Zubayer was on a motorcycle with two other leaders when he was shot in front of Bangladesh Bureau of Educational Information and Statistics (BANBEIS) office on the Sonargaon Road, adjacent to the DU staff quarters around 1:40am on Sunday.
“They were returning to their residential hall, when a car blocked them. The driver turned around sensing danger but immediately came under fire from the car,” he said. He, however, could not say who might have attacked them.
Abdul Aziz, an on-duty night guard of BANBEIS, said that they did not see any shooting incident there on Saturday night.
Samrat Mamun, a tea stall owner in the area also claimed that no shooting incident took place near BANBEIS area.
Contacted, Motahar Hossain alias Prince, General Secretary of BCL DU unit, told The New Nation, “Zubayer was shot at by miscreants from a car in the area.”
Abu Bakr Siddique, Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Shahbagh Police Station, said, “Zubayer, along with his two friends, were returning to Mohsin Hall from Palashi intersection riding a bike at night.”
Police are investigating the incident though nobody claimed the incident to the police, the OC said.
A leader of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) was allegedly shot at by own pistol in a room at Haji Mohammad Mohsin Hall of Dhaka University (DU) in the small hours of Sunday.
The injured leader has been identified as Abdullah Al Zubayer Bhuiyan,Vice-President of the BCL DU unit, hall sources said.
He was shifted to a private hospital from Dhaka Medical College and Hospital early Sunday, they said.
Zubayer has been shot in the leg, said DMCH Police Outpost In-Charge Bachchu Mia.
Besides, Jahirul Islam, President of the BCL Mohsin Hall unit claimed that
Zubayer was on a motorcycle with two other leaders when he was shot in front of Bangladesh Bureau of Educational Information and Statistics (BANBEIS) office on the Sonargaon Road, adjacent to the DU staff quarters around 1:40am on Sunday.
“They were returning to their residential hall, when a car blocked them. The driver turned around sensing danger but immediately came under fire from the car,” he said. He, however, could not say who might have attacked them.
Abdul Aziz, an on-duty night guard of BANBEIS, said that they did not see any shooting incident there on Saturday night.
Samrat Mamun, a tea stall owner in the area also claimed that no shooting incident took place near BANBEIS area.
Contacted, Motahar Hossain alias Prince, General Secretary of BCL DU unit, told The New Nation, “Zubayer was shot at by miscreants from a car in the area.”
Abu Bakr Siddique, Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Shahbagh Police Station, said, “Zubayer, along with his two friends, were returning to Mohsin Hall from Palashi intersection riding a bike at night.”
Police are investigating the incident though nobody claimed the incident to the police, the OC said.
