Police arrested four people over charges of attacking the upazila chairman at Shibpur of Narsingdi on Sunday (Feb 26).

The arrestees were identified as Farid Sarkar, 63, Sabbir, 32, Mansur Ahmed Rana, 43, and Abdul Momen Molla, 59.

Earlier, the upazila chairman and former president of the upazila Awami League Harun-ur-Rashid was shot allegedly by some miscreants in front of his house at Shibpur of Narsingdi early Saturday.

The injured upazila chairman is now undergoing treatment at a hospital in Dhaka.

Officer-in-Charge of Shibpur Police Station Firoz Talukder confirmed the matter. 

He said after that incident Shipur police, detectives conducted several drives in Shibpur and its adjacent areas and arrested the suspected four people.

The motorcycle used in the attack was recovered from the arrestees, he said adding no case has been lodged in connection with the incident

BDST: 2022 HRS, FEB 26, 2023
MSK