Intermediate student gets shot by stray bullet 'meant for AL leader' in Sirajganj
Al-Amin was later rescued and rushed to Sirajganj Shaheed M Mansur Ali Medical College where he is now undergoing treatment
An intermediate student sustained bullet injuries in his left leg when miscreants fired reportedly targeting a union-level Awami League (AL) leader in Belkuchi upazila of Sirajganj on Friday night.
The injured was identified as Al-Amin, 18, son of Jamser Ali of Chak Mokimpur village and a Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) student of local Jamuna Degree College, said Belkuchi Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Md Anisur Rahman.
The college student received bullets in his leg while sitting at a tea stall as the miscreants opened fire at Shawkat Ali, information and research secretary of Rajapur union parishad unit of the Awami League and a sand trader by profession, around 11:45pm, said the OC.
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Al-Amin was later rescued and rushed to Sirajganj Shaheed M Mansur Ali Medical College where he is now undergoing treatment, he added.
A rubber bullet and a part of a gun were recovered from the spot after the incident, he said, suspecting that a dispute centring the sand business led to the firing.
No one has so far been arrested in this connection, he added.
