Shooting on police: Two SSC candidates arrested

Staff Correspondent, Chittagong: Police on Saturday morning arrested two SSC candidates for their alleged involvement in the incident of opening fire on a policeman at a check post in Sholashahor gate no-2 area in the city.

The arrestees were known as Rakibul Islam and Prottoy, this year’s SSC candidates.

They were arrested on the basis of information provided another youth Abdul Hakim who was arrested earlier in this connection on Friday night.

Mahiuddin Mahmud, Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Pachshail Police Station of CMP, confirmed the news.

According to police, five juveniles aged between 18-19 opened fire on an assistant sub-inspector Abdul Malek while the cop barred them crossing the check post.

Leaving their motorcycle on the spot, the accused fled the scene soon after the shooting on the cop, the OC added.

The ASI sustained bullet on his leg and was undergoing treatment at Chittagong Medical College Hospital.

risingbd/Chittagong/February 17, 2018/Rezaul Karim/A K Azad