JCD cadre shot, 2 Jubo Dal activists stabbed in Barisal

Jahirul Islam Shamim, 26, was injured when the members of Salam gang opened fire at him near Amanatganj police camp shortly after midnight last night.

Shamim is a driver and a member of the notorious JCD cadre Saidul Islam Polu gang.

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He claimed that Mannan and his accomplices of Salam gang tried to kill him in a sequel to previous enmity.

He was rushed to Sher-e-Bangla Medical College Hospital and later sent to Dhaka for better treatment.

In another incident, Jubo Dal cadres Mamun, 20, and Shah Alam, 22, were stabbed by Rafiq, a bodyguard of Jubodal leader Mehedi, and his accomplices on the medical college campus in the early hours of Tuesday.

They were now undergoing treatment at the hospital. The condition of Mamun was said to be critical.

JCD leader Shamim was injured when his rival gang beat him over distribution of money collected from gambling at the Ananda Mela ground.