Staff Reporter :
The Secretary of Dhaka Education Board, Shahedul Khabir Chowdhury was accidentally shot at by an on-duty constable of Police in front of Westin Hotel in the city’s Gulshan area on Thursday night.
Shahedul Khabir was shot when he was standing outside the hotel after a meeting with education cadre officers.
Few policemen were on-duty there, said Abu Bakar Siddique, Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Gulshan Police Station.
Shahedul, who is also the Secretary General of BCS General Education Association (BCSGEA), was rushed to United Hospital immediately, the police official said.
“Suddenly, a bullet from one of their guns hit the BCSGEA Secretary. He is now out of danger,” he said.
“Constable Imran, who is a member of Public Order Management unit of DMP, was suspended over the matter,” the police official said.
“Dhaka Metropolitan Police has formed a three-member probe body led by Assistant Commissioner Rezaul Karim to look into the incident,” the OC said.
The Secretary of Dhaka Education Board, Shahedul Khabir Chowdhury was accidentally shot at by an on-duty constable of Police in front of Westin Hotel in the city’s Gulshan area on Thursday night.
Shahedul Khabir was shot when he was standing outside the hotel after a meeting with education cadre officers.
Few policemen were on-duty there, said Abu Bakar Siddique, Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Gulshan Police Station.
Shahedul, who is also the Secretary General of BCS General Education Association (BCSGEA), was rushed to United Hospital immediately, the police official said.
“Suddenly, a bullet from one of their guns hit the BCSGEA Secretary. He is now out of danger,” he said.
“Constable Imran, who is a member of Public Order Management unit of DMP, was suspended over the matter,” the police official said.
“Dhaka Metropolitan Police has formed a three-member probe body led by Assistant Commissioner Rezaul Karim to look into the incident,” the OC said.
