A law enforcer was shot near Rayerbazar Police Outpost in Dhaka’s Mohammadpur during an anti-drug drive on early Thursday.
Assistant sub-inspector of police Ujjal Hossain Khan sustained bullet injury while trying to arrest a drug dealer and was admitted to Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College Hospital.
Dhaka Metropolitan Police Deputy Commissioner (Media) Walid Hossain confirmed this.
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“However, the ‘drug trader’ Md Ibrahim Chowdhury, has been arrested with a revolver and 200 pieces of yaba pills,” Walid said.
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“Ibrahim also got injured during the drive and is undergoing treatment at the same hospital.”
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