Law enforcement agencies have arrested two accused who were allegedly involved in the clash in Magura that resulted in a child getting shot while still in her mother’s womb.
The newborn, currently undergoing treatment in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Dhaka Medical College Hospital, is in stable condition as of yesterday.
The arrestees are Sumon Sen, 30, a Bangladesh Chhatra League leader and prime suspect in the incident, and Nazrul, 27, one of the accused listed in the case’s first information report, sources said.
Sumon was arrested yesterday evening at Kalyanpur in the capital by a team of Rapid Action Battalion, sources in RAB 4 told the Dhaka Tribune.
Nazrul, on the other hand, was on his way to Khulna when police intercepted the bus he was riding in Wapda Road, Magura on a tip-off and arrested him, said ASM Ahsan Ullah, superintendent of police in Magura.
With the arrest of Sumon and Nazrul, the total number of arrests in this case now stands at four.
Meanwhile, a 10-member specialised team of doctors from Dhaka Medical College and Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University is supervising the child’s treatment.
Prof Ashraful Haque Kazl, chief of Child Surgery Unit, said the baby was suffering from jaundice and low count of platelet as it was a premature birth.
“Her condition cannot improve overnight, but the good news is she is taking breast milk. Her condition is stable and we are hopeful.”
The child’s mother, Nazma Begum, is undergoing treatment at the same hospital and is getting better, said her husband Bachchu Bhuiyan. But she has yet to meet her child.
