Police constable Mohammad Iqbal Hossain, who received bullet wounds in Chittagong during the first day of Jamaat’s 48-hour hartal, is yet to regain consciousness at the Intensive Care Unit of the capital’s National Institute of Diseases of the Chest and Hospital (NIDCH).
Jamaat-Shibir men allegedly shot the 23-year old constable at around 11am on Wednesday whilst he was performing his duties in the Jotpukuria-Phooltola area of Chittagong’s Satkania Upazila.
Iqbal was initially admitted to the Satkania upazila health complex, but was moved to the Chittagong Medical College Hospital, where he went under surgery. He was later transferred to NIDCH as his condition deteriorated.
The doctors at NIDCH performed a four-hour long surgery on the constable, but said Iqbal was still in a critical condition.
Mohammad Bashir Ahmed, coordinator of NIDCH, told reporters that doctors were able to recover three bullets from Iqbal’s chest, stomach and diaphragm during the surgery.
He said expert physicians were taking care of Iqbal at the ICU, as he was still not out of danger.
Meanwhile, Inspector General of Police Hassan Mahmood Khandker visited the NIDCH on Thursday morning to observe the treatment of Iqbal. During his visit, he requested doctors to use all necessary treatment to ensure Iqbal’s recovery.
Additional Inspector General of Police Md Moinur Rahman and AIGP Rokhfar Sultana Khanam also accompanied the IGP during the visit.
