Police hurt by snatchers\\\' vehicle

Collar bone of a police constable was broken as a pick- up van carrying criminals crushed him under the wheels as he had attempted to stop the vehicle at Banani in the city on Monday, reports BSS.
The injured constable Md Abbas Uddin is now undergoing treatment at National Institute of Chest Disease and Hospital with critical wounds.
Police arrested four persons -Nahid (21), Abdul Haque (19), Rafiqul Islam (40) and Md Sukur Mia (19) and seized the pick-up van and a motorcycle.
Banani police put a barricade on the road in front of Navy Headquarters at Banani to stop the criminals as they were trying to escape after hijacking a motorcycle from Dhanmondi area, Sub Inspector Farida Rahman of Banani thana told the news agency.
Soon after the pick-up van of the criminals reached the Navy Headquarters, police constable tried to stop the vehicle, she said, adding: "It could not run away after crushing the cop under its wheel."
One of the criminals suffered bullet wounds as police fired gunshots at them and arrested four criminals including the injured one from the spot along with a pickup van and a motorcycle, she added.