Nagar Reporter: Terrorists have openly raised their weapons and practiced shooting in the city. The incident took place in the Hill View Mosque area of Bayezid Bostami police station in the city on Friday afternoon.
The video of the terrorists being armed later spread on social media. In the video, a young man is seen raising his weapon and shooting. Kirich is seen in the hands of three other youths. The police say the name of the young man who raised the firearm and shot him is Zaheed. The name of the one holding Kirich is Mithu.
Eyewitnesses and police sources said that several people, including Zahid, a follower of Burma Sabuj, a terrorist and drug dealer listed by the police, practiced with weapons and kirich. They do this exercise due to their dominance in the area. A young man named Abdullah Al Mahmud was beaten with a chapati when he obstructed.
Naik Rabindra Tanchangya of Chamek Hospital Police Outpost said that Abdullah Al Mahmud, who was injured in Chapati’s attack, has been admitted to Chittagong Medical College (Chamek) Hospital’s surgery ward.
Local Ward Councilor Mubarak Ali told the media that he heard that terror was created in the area by marching with indigenous weapons and firing blank bullets under the leadership of terrorist Burma Subaj. At that time, the local people chased a man named Kamrul and handed him over to the police. Burma Sabuj’s brother, Burma Saiful, was arrested in a drug case a few days ago. This public representative alleged that they have been extorting drugs from various shops in the area.
When asked, Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Bayezid Bostami Police Station, Sanjay Kumar Sinha, told the media on Saturday that due to their dominance in the area, some sneaky terrorists fired blank shots. The gunmen have been identified. An operation is underway to arrest them.
Earlier on the election day of January 7, a young man named Shamim Azad, alias Black Shamim, raised his weapon and fired blank shots in front of the Pahartali University College polling station in Chittagong. Later, RAB arrested him in Sitakunda. He is a follower of Wasim Uddin Chowdhury, Councilor of Pahartali Ward No. 13. Shamim opened fire when the boat and the independent candidate’s supporters clashed.
