A Japanese tourist was injured as Jamaat-Shibir men allegedly hurled brick chips at a moving Chittagong-bound inter-district bus at Keranirhat area of Satkania upazila, Chittagong early Friday.
The injured, Shiho Nishiyama, 31, came in Bangladesh on September 5, was admitted to Chittagong Medical College Hospital in critical condition, said Nayek Abul Bashar of CMCH police outpost.
Police said some people hurled bricks targeting a bus of Hanif Enterprise, coming from Cox’ Bazar to Chittagong around 12:30am while a brick hit Shiho’s eye. Later, he was rushed to CMCH around 1:30am.
Abdul Latif, officer-in-charge of Satkania police station, said Jamaat-Shibir men vandalised several vehicles on Chittagong-Cox’s Bazar highway on Thursday night but he could not confirm that Shiho was injured in this incident.
“I heard about the injury of the Japanese tourist,” he said.
Niku Barua, vice president of a Japanese company in the port city, took Shiho’s responsibility and he would contact the victim’s family.
Shiho’s eye was critically injured. If needed, he would be rushed to Dhaka, said Niku Barua.
