Two police officers, including the officer-in-charge (OC) of Adabor Police Station, were injured in a machete attack during a raid on an alleged mugger hideout in the capital's Turag Housing area on Tuesday.
Two suspected muggers also sustained bullet injuries in police firing during the drive.
According to police, the owner of a bKash agent shop on the PC Culture Road was hacked and mugged earlier in the day.
Additional Deputy Commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (Tejgaon Division) Fazlul Karim said police received information that members of a mugging gang associated with notorious “Kobji Kata Anwar Group” were staying at a location on Road No. 2 of the area following the mugging incident.
Later, team, led by Adabor Police Station OC Zahidul Islam, conducted a drive there around 4:30pm.
The suspects, however, swooped on the law enforcers and hacked them with sharp weapons, leaving OC Zahidul Islam and Sub-Inspector Tarun injured.
Police retaliated, and during the ensuing confrontation, two suspected muggers, identified as Chora Rubel and Kana Amir, suffered bullet injuries in police firing.
Police detained the two injured muggers long with two other suspects – Arif Hossain Joy and Abul Kashem – from the scene and recovered locally made weapons from their possession.
Sources at Adabor Police Station said police fired four rounds of bullets during the operation.
The injured suspects were taken to Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College Hospital for treatment.
Police said efforts are underway to bring all members of the “Kobji Kata Anwar Group” involved in the incident to book.
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