e-News® | The NEWS Company…CHITTAGONG, June 28, 2015 : An armed cadre of Islami Chhatra Shibir, student wing of the Jamaat-e-Islami,sustained bullet injuries and was arrested by police after a “gunfight” between police and Shibir cadres in city’s Ananya residential area under Bayezid thana early Sunday.
The arrested Salauddin Sazu, 28, was admitted to Chittagong Medical College Hospital (CMCH), police said. Police also recovered a foreign-made firearms, a country-made Light Gun (LG), two rounds of cartridge, two daggers and a machete. Police said Shibir cadres – Sazu and Arman recently demanded TK 10 lakh from one Saudi expatriate Zakir Hossian in city’s Oxygen Noyahat area.
“As Zakir refused to pay the money, the Shibir cadres went to his residence, tried to torch his private car with petrol and shot blank fires”, police said. Receiving a complaint from Zakir, Bayezid police collected the CCTV video footage of the incident and started operation to nab the Shibir cadres, police also said. Bayezid police conducted a drive at Ananya residential area around 3.30am last night to nab the Shibir cadres.
Sensing the presence of law enforcers, the Shibir cadres opened fire and police also returned fire, triggering a “gunfight”. Sazu was hit by bullets and was rushed to CMCH while others managed to flee the scene, said Pradip Kumar Das, Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Bayezid police station. A case was under process in this connection.
