Police nabbed eight people from different places in Chittagong’s Satkania upazila early Friday, in connection with the shooting of a policeman during the first day of Jamaat’s 48-hour hartal.
On Wednesday, Police Constable Iqbal Hossain was shot in the chest allegedly by a group of 18-20 hartal picketers, who attacked a police patrol team. A case was lodged with Satkania Police Station against 25 named people and 50-60 unidentified persons in this regard on Thursday.
Abdul Latif, officer-in-charge of Satkania police station, informed that nine men were arrested on Thursday in this connection.
In a separate incident, police nabbed eight more people from different areas of the upazila, in connection with arson and vandalism committed on Thursday night on the Chittagong-Cox’s Bazar highway.
Filing of a case was under process in this regard, said the OC.