UNB, Sirajganj :
A teenage boy was shot and injured as a bullet was fired ‘accidentally’ from a police gun during a drive for arresting an accused in a drug related case at Chandangati in Belkuchi upazila on Thursday.
Sazzad Hossain, officer-in-charge of Belkuchi Police Station, said a team of police, led by sub-inspector Nazmul,
conducted a drive in the area and arrested Ramjan Ali, an accused in a drug case around 6:30 pm.
The relatives of the accused and local people swooped on the policemen in a bid to snatch the accused. A scuffle took place between the two sides. At one stage, when the relatives tried to snatch the loaded gun of the SI a bullet triggered accidentally from the gun hit Shubho, 15, said the OC. Later he was taken to Sirajganj Sadar Hospital. However, Ramjan was kept under police custody.
A teenage boy was shot and injured as a bullet was fired ‘accidentally’ from a police gun during a drive for arresting an accused in a drug related case at Chandangati in Belkuchi upazila on Thursday.
Sazzad Hossain, officer-in-charge of Belkuchi Police Station, said a team of police, led by sub-inspector Nazmul,
conducted a drive in the area and arrested Ramjan Ali, an accused in a drug case around 6:30 pm.
The relatives of the accused and local people swooped on the policemen in a bid to snatch the accused. A scuffle took place between the two sides. At one stage, when the relatives tried to snatch the loaded gun of the SI a bullet triggered accidentally from the gun hit Shubho, 15, said the OC. Later he was taken to Sirajganj Sadar Hospital. However, Ramjan was kept under police custody.
