Cop, shot while seizing illegal arms, dies at DMCH
Sunday, 27 July 2014
An assistant sub-inspector (ASI) of police has died of bullet injuries received during a raid to seize illegal firearms in Tangail district. Md Nurul Islam was deputed at Tangail Sadar Model Police Station. The station’s OC Aktaruzzaman said Islam was shot on his chest once and twice on his hand during the raid at the town’s Purba Adalatpara around midnight on Friday. He was first rushed to Tangail Medical College Hospital and later transferred to Dhaka Medical College Hospital where he died around 11:30am on Saturday. The OC said they conducted raid on a tip-off at the house of ‘Ulka’, son of late Farid Hossain of Purba Adalatpara, to seize illegal guns, according to bdnews24.com.