A Jamaat-e-Islami activist died when police chased a procession of Jamaat and Shibir activists on the Kalsi Road at Dhaka’s Mirpur on Sunday morning.
A policeman was injured in a bomb explosion during the clash around 8:30am at on Kalshi road under Pallabi thana.Police said Jamaat activist, Belal Hossain, 37, was hit by a vehicle when he was trying to run away during a police chase with gun-shots. He died in a hospital.
Jamaat activists vandalised several vehicles during the clashes. Mirpur police Deputy Commissioner Imtiaz Ahmed said Jamaat and its student wing, Islami Chhatra Shibir, took out a procession at Kalshi area.
“They hurled handmade bombs at a Pallabi police patrol near the 22-storey building injuring a cop,” he said. “Police fired several rounds in air to control the situation.”
Belal was injured after being hit by a vehicle when he was trying to evade a police chase, police official Imtiaz said. Pallabi Police Station SI Abul Hossain took him to Dhaka Medical College Hospital where doctors declared him dead.
Belal bore injury marks on his head, DMCH police outpost inspector Mozammel Haque said. – bdnews24.com
