Police have so far detained two persons over the death of a four-year-old girl, who was fatally shot one her father's lap during a clash at Noakhali’s Begumganj upazila.
Begumganj Circle Additional Superintendent of Police Nazmul Hasan on Thursday confirmed the matter to the Bangla daily Prothom Alo, but did not disclose the name of the detainees.
Tasfia and her father, Abu Jaher, 46, sustained gunshot wounds in an attack that took place in Hajipur village in the upazila on Wednesday afternoon.
According to police and local residents, Md Rimon, a resident of the Durgapur area, and some five others stormed the grocery shop of Md Mamun, nephew of Jaher, over a previous dispute.
An altercation ensued soon after, and Jaher with Tasfia in his lap tried to break it off.
At one point, Rimon and his accomplices opened fire at Mamun at first and then at Jaher.
Photo found on the internet shows four-year-old TasfiaMamun somehow escaped unscathed, but Jaher got shot in his body while his daughter Tasfia was shot in her face and head.
The attackers soon fled the area while villagers rushed the injured to Noakhali General Hospital.
Tasfia succumbed to her injuries at around 8pm while being taken to Dhaka on the advice of doctors at the Noakhali hospital.
Jaher is undergoing treatment at Dhaka Medical College Hospital, Additional SP Nazmul said, adding that police have identified most of the people involved in the incident.
Tasfia’s body would be sent to Noakhali General Hospital for autopsy, he said.
