Tribal leader Chandra Shekhar shot at in Rangamati town
Thursday, 26 February 2009
RANGAMATI, Feb 25 (UNB): Reformist tribal leader Chandra Shekhar Chakma, the former secretary of Parbatya Chattagram Jana Sanghati Samity, was shot and wounded in the hill-district town Wednesday morning.
He was taken to General Hospital from where he was shifted to Chittagong Medical College Hospital at about 11:30 am.
The bullet-stricken Chandra Shekhar said a tribal youth shot him in his right chest "from a close range" at Chamaknagar while he was returning home from bazar at about 10:00 am.
Hearing about the incident, State Minister for CHT Affairs Dipangkar Talukder visited him at the hospital.
He was taken to General Hospital from where he was shifted to Chittagong Medical College Hospital at about 11:30 am.
The bullet-stricken Chandra Shekhar said a tribal youth shot him in his right chest "from a close range" at Chamaknagar while he was returning home from bazar at about 10:00 am.
Hearing about the incident, State Minister for CHT Affairs Dipangkar Talukder visited him at the hospital.