BNP leader sustains bullet injuries in Dhaka’s Kalabagan

Bangla Press Desk:  A local leader of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) sustained bullet injuries in Dhaka’s Kalabagan area on Sunday night.

The injured Shafiqur Rahman, 55, is the joint general secretary of Kalabagan Ward-16 BNP. He is the son of late Mofidul Islam of Sidlai village under Burichang Police Station in Cumilla and currently resides in the Tongi Madhumoti Road area.The incident occurred in front of a shoe market in the Panthapath area under Kalabagan Police Station at around 9:30pm.

A nearby shopkeeper, Shahparan, who took him to hospital, said Shafiqur supplies shoes to several local shops. “Suddenly, a bullet hit his left hand. I cannot say who or what shot him,” he said.

Shafiqur was taken to Dhaka Medical College Hospital at around 10:30pm.

Inspector Md Faruk, in-charge of the police camp at the hospital, said a businessman with bullet injuries was brought from Kalabagan and is undergoing treatment at the emergency department.

“We have informed Kalabagan Police Station about the matter,” he added.

Source: daily Sun

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