BANGLADESH

Bariarhat municipality mayor, 2 others injured in shooting

Three people including Bariarhat municipality mayor in Mirsarai upazila of Chattogram have received wounds after miscreants opened fire on them.

The injured are—Bariarhat mayor and Awami League leader Rezaul Karin Khokon, local AL leader Ashok Sen and, local Jubo League leader Shaheed Khan Dukhu.

The incident occurred around 11:30am on Friday in Muhuri Prakalpa area of Osmanpur union.

A group of miscreants fired indiscriminately at the municipal mayor when he was visiting the site for business purpose. Ashok Sen and Shaheed Khan Dukhu were accompanying him when the incident took place.

They were rescued and rushed to Mirsarai Upazila Health Complex from where they were referred to Chattogram Medical College Hospital.

Mahmuda Aktar, the doctor on duty at Mirsarai Upazila Health Complex, said that Mayor Rezaul Karim Khokon suffered multiple bullet injuries in the abdomen, waist and shoulder.

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