Suspected war criminals, policemen injured in prison van-bus collision

Two war crimes accused and four policemen were injured as a prison van collided head-on with a bus in Rajendrapur area in front of National Park of Gazipur city on Wednesday morning.
The war crimes accused were identified as Hazi Amjad Ali, 95 and Riaz Uddin Fakir,70, a news agency report said.
The injured policemen are nayek Mustafiz, 30, and constables Mehedi, 26, Wasim, 30, Nur Uddin, 39.
Sub-inspector Baharul Alam, in-charge of Naujor highway police camp, said the Netrakona-bound bus from Dhaka collided head-on with the prison van in the area around 8:00 am, leaving two war crimes accused and four policemen injured.
The war crimes accused were being taken to Dhaka by the prison van to be produced before the International Crimes Tribunal.
The injured were rushed to Tongi Government Hospital.
Later, critically injured Amjad and Mustafiz were shifted to Dhaka Medical College Hospital.
Earlier, police arrested suspected war crimes accused Hazi Amjad Ali from Keshoreganj village and Riaz Uddin Fakir from Bhalukjan village in Fulbaria upazila of Mymensingh district on Tuesday noon.
The tribunal had earlier issued a warrant for arrest of the two suspected war criminals.
-SS