A detained double-murder suspect has been shot in the leg, allegedly by his own cohorts, while he was accompanying the police during a search of his own home in Sandwip.
Two more people – Md Rubel, 22 and Lutfor Rahman, 28 – were arrested during the police raid at the house of the suspect, Fazle Elahi Mishan alias Mishu, in Bauria union of Sandwip yesterday.
Mishu was earlier detained in Khulna on Thursday in connection with two murders committed over the occupancy of a cattle market in the island of Sandwip on September 21.
Mishu, 20, who leads a local Jubo League faction without holding any official post, is the prime accused in the case.
Md Ayub Ali, officer-in-charge of district Detective Branch, said Mishu was brought to his Sandwip house to recover firearms at around 5:30am yesterday.
“All of a sudden, his cohorts attacked the police with firearms and the law enforcers returned fire. At one stage, Mishu’s cohorts fled the scene, but the police were able to arrest Rubel and Lutfor,” said Ayub.
Mishu sustained a bullet wound in his right leg during the gunfight, the OC added. The suspect was then taken to Chittagong Medical College Hospital for treatment.
