3 cops injured by snatchers of arrestee
Police sue 70, arrest 6 in Barisal city
Three policemen were injured as locals attacked a team of plain-clothes policemen to snatch away an arrestee, also wanted in several cases including those for robbery, in New Kashaikhana area of Port Road-Hatkhola part of the city on Friday night.
After failure to re-arrest the accused after nightlong operation, police lodged a case on Saturday against 30 named and 40 unnamed people and arrested six locals including a female on charge of creating obstructions in performing government duty, and attacking and injuring law enforcers, said Matiur Rahman, officer in charge (OC) of Barisal Kotwali police station (PS).
A large number of locals fled the area in fear of arrest and police harassment.
Witnesses said a team plain-clothes policemen of Bakerganj police station (PS) beat up and arrested Mojibor Rahman, a tea stall owner and an alleged member of a dacoit gang, from his house in the city at about 9:30pm Friday.
Suspecting them to be extortionists engaged in abduction using false identity, Mojibor's family members and local people attacked the plain-clothes team with lethal weapons, and snatched the handcuffed Mojibor.
Assistant sub inspectors (ASI) Manirul Islam and Shakhawat Hossain, and Abdus Salam, a constable of Bakerganj PS, were seriously injured in the incident.
A team of Barisal Metropolitan Police led by Rabiul Islam, assistant superintendent, rushed to the spot, rescued the three injured policemen and sent them to hospital at about 10:30pm, said the OC of Barisal Kotwali PS.
ASI Shakhawat is likely to be referred to Dhaka for better treatment as his condition is critical, said Dr Fakhrul Alam, medical officer of Barisal Sher E Bangla Medical College Hospital.
Bakerganj police conducted the operation under the jurisdiction of Barisal Kotwali PS without any prior information or permission, said the OC of Kotwali PS.
Nurul Islam, OC of Bakerganj PS, said, "Mojibor was wanted in several cases and general diaries. A plain-clothes police team conducted the operation secretly to arrest the accused, also son of dacoit gang leader Abdur Rashid Sardar of Birangal village under Rangosree union of Bakerganj."
Dev Das Bhattacharjee, Barisal district superintendent of police, said, "Perhaps the plain-clothes police team conducted the operation in the area under the jurisdiction of another police station secretly to prevent leakage of information in arresting a notorious criminal gang member who was wanted for long. The authority will investigate the matter."
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