Another cop gravely injured

A policeman was severely injured in Chiribandar of Dinajpur in an attack by Jamaat-e-Islami supporters during the 18-Party alliance shutdown on Tuesday.

Dinajpur Correspondentbdnews24.com
Published : 2 April 2013, 02:32 AM
Updated : 2 April 2013, 08:34 AM
Supporters of Jamaat and their student wing Islami Chhatra Shibir have smashed Sub-Inspector Sabur’s skull with bricks and bamboo sticks.
The Special Branch (SB) SI came under attack after he and Constable Shahadat had arrived in a motorcycle at Hajir Morh where Jamaat, Shibir activists had put up a blockade.
The SI, seated in the back of the motorcycle, fell off as Jamaat supporters hit him on the head with a bamboo stick.
They beat and injured him in several places.
Police reinforcements arrived there to rescue him, Chiribandar Police OC Tariqul Islam said.
Fifteen rounds of rubber bullets and three rounds of tear gas shells were fired to bring the situation under control, he added.
The SI who received severe injuries to the head was brought to Dhaka’s Combined Military Hospital as his condition worsened.