[Dhaka Tribune] At least three coppers received injuries and an Islami Chhatra Shibir... the student wing of the Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh...
activist was shot in a "shootout" between a group of Shibir men and police at Satkania upazila in Chittagong district early yesterday.
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Youse'll never take me alive coppers!... [BANG!]... Ow!... I quit!
bullet-hit Shibir cadre Nasir alias Kolla Nasir along with one of his cohort Rimon from the spot with a light gun, a shotgun, eight cartridges, a machete and two knives from the spot, said police sources.
Injured coppers are Sub-Inspector Nazmul Hossain Fazlu and Assistant Sub-Inspector Ansarul who were admitted into a local hospital, added the sources.
Khaled Hossain, officer-in-charge of Satkania Police Station, told the Dhaka Tribune that they nabbed Nasir from his residence at Alinagar area of the upazila at 12:30pm.
Getting information from Nasir after initial interrogation, police conducted a drive in Moddhyom Kanchhana area of the upazila around 4:00am to recover arms and Nasir's aides, he said.
Spider senses tingling at the proximity of the law enforcers, the cohorts of Nasir, who are Shibir activists, opened fire on police prompting the law enforcers to retaliate and fire 16 bullets, leaving Nasir shot in his leg while attempting to flee, he also said.
During shootout, Nasir and three coppers were also injured. Police, later, arrested Nasir and Rimon from the spot, added the OC.
The injured Shibir cadre, Nasir alias Kolla Nasir, who is accused in several cases lodged with Satkania Police Station earlier, was admitted into Chittagong Medical College Hospital.
A case was lodged with Satkania Police Station while police are conducting drives to nab the other cohorts of Nasir, the OC added.
In another drives, Satkania Police nabbed four Jamaat-Shibir men from different areas in the upazila who were involved in the sabotage on Chittagong-Cox's Bazar Highway during pre-election and post-election period.
Meanwhile,
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Lohagara police nabbed 22 Jamaat-Shibir men from different areas of the upazila in an overnight drive for humiliating Awami League Member of Parliament Abu Reza M Nezamuddin in the upazila on the previous night, said OC Mohammad Shahjahan of Lohagara Police Station.
On Friday night, MP Nezamuddin faced humiliation while attending a religious programme, Sirat Mahfil, a 19-day long Moslem religious programme, at Shah Shaheb Kebla under Chunati union at around 8:30pm.
Some Jamaat-Shibir activists threw shoes at Nadavi as soon as he arrived at the programmme.
Later, the MP, who was the chief guest of the programme, and his followers took shelter in the adjoining mosque.
The MP was later escorted off the premises by police and BGB men.
Nadavi claimed before Dhaka Tribune that the attacked on him by Jamat-Shibir men was pre-planned.