Police caught a Chhatra Shibir leader early yesterday, after a 20-minute gunfight with him and his cronies at Satkania, Chittagong.
Kamal Uddin alias Dari Kamal, 30, an accused in 12 cases including four murder cases lodged with Satkania police station, was an acolyte of the local Jamaat-e-Islami leader Shahjahan Chowdhury and was involved in violence perpetrated by Jamaat and Shibir in the upazila in the recent past, said Khaled Mahmud, officer-in-charge of Satkania police station.
He was admitted to Chittagong Medical College Hospital since he was hit by bullet in his right leg during the shootout, Khaled said, adding that a gun and six rounds of bullets were recovered from Kamal’s possession.
The OC said police arrived at the upazila’s Switch Gate area around 2am, having received a tip-off that Kamal and 10-12 of his men were preparing to commit a robbery. “Sensing our presence, they fired at us. When we started firing back in self defence, they fled, leaving injured Kamal behind,” he said.
The Shibir leader was shown arrested in a case filed in connection with a robbery that had happened a few days ago.
