Six cops hurt in BCL attack in Khulna
Six policemen were injured as they came under attack by a group of Bangladesh Chhatra League activists at Daulatpur in Khulna city on Friday night.
The injured are traffic sergeant Rafiqul Islam, constables Shumon Howlader, Joydev Roy, Md Shariful Islam, Md Mamun Hossain and Mehedi Hasan. They are undergoing treatment at Khulna Police Hospital.
The incident occurred at around 8:00pm when sergeant Rafiq and five police constables seized a motorcycle for plying the road at Daulatpur without licence.
They later sent the motorbike to Daulatpur Police Station. On receipt of this information, a group of BCL activists riding ten motorbikes and carrying sticks in their hands attacked sergeant Rafiq and five constables.
They also attacked a police box at New Road intersection under the same police station causing extensive damage to it, said witnesses and the officer-in-charge (OC) of Daulatpur Police Station.
When contacted, KMP Commissioner Helaluddin Badri admitted to the incident of attack on six policemen by BCL activists. The attackers are being hunted desperately and will be sued for beating up the on-duty law enforcers and damaging the police box, he said.
OC Anwarul Azim of Daulatpur Police Station said Sergeant Rafiqul Islam will file a case as complainant after identifying real attackers.
Denying the allegation of involvement of BCL men in the attack, Khulna City Awami League General Secretary Mizanur Rahman Mizan said the attackers were outsiders.
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