A union Parishad chairman of Lakshmipur district was injured when an assailant fired a gun at him in city’s Bangshal area Tuesday late night.
Dhaka Medical police outpost in-charge Bacchu Miah said, “Abul Kashem Zihadi is under treatment at the hospital. He is a union parishad chairman of Sadar upozila of the district.”
An attendance of the injured chairman Md Ripon said, “Zihadi came to Dhaka three or four days back to collect donation for an orphanage. He was sitting at Ma Traders, a shop at Bangshal, when a youth fired a shot at his left thigh at 11:30 pm.”