OC, SI injured in machete attack during raid in Adabor, 4 arrested

 
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. 

Fazlur Rahman, assistant deputy commissioner of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police’s Tejgaon Division, said a police team came under attack near Dhaka Udyan on Tuesday afternoon while trying to arrest suspects in the case.

Adabor Police chief Zahidul Islam and Sub-Inspector Tarun, identified by a single name, were injured in the attack by assailants armed with machetes. Four suspects were detained at the scene, known only as Rubel, Kashem, Amir, and Joy. 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 along 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.