Four people, including three police personnel, were injured in an exchange of gunfire between police and suspected drug dealers in Isdair area of Fatullah, Narayanganj, on Saturday.
Police also arrested two suspected drug dealers and recovered a foreign-made pistol and a magazine from the scene.
The incident took place around 3:15pm near Isdair Railway Station, in front of Urban School.
The arrested suspects were Jasim, 24, son of Rezzak Mia, and Mohon, 23, son of Abdus Salam, both from the Isdair area. Jasim sustained a gunshot wound to his thigh during the exchange of fire.
The injured police personnel were Fatullah Model Police Station Sub-Inspectors Md Rafiq and Nandan Chandra Sarker, and Constable Rashidul.
They, along with Jasim, were taken to the 300-bed Khanpur Hospital in Narayanganj for treatment.
According to police, officers were conducting an anti-drug and anti-crime operation in Isdair when a group of seven to eight people, including Jasim and Mohon, allegedly opened fire on them.
Police said SI Md Rafiq and SI Nandan Chandra Sarker fired eight rounds from their service pistols in self-defence. Jasim was hit in the thigh, while three police personnel were also injured.
Police subsequently arrested Jasim and Mohon and recovered the pistol and magazine.
Narayanganj Additional Superintendent of Police Tarek Al Mehedi confirmed the incident.
He said the group opened fire on police when officers attempted to arrest them, prompting police to return fire in self-defence.
“One of the suspects was injured in the exchange of fire, while three police personnel were also wounded,” he said.
The police official added that an operation was underway to arrest the other suspects involved in the incident.
