3 DB members injured in attack during anti-drug drive in Kushtia

Three members of the Detective Branch (DB) of police, including two sub-inspectors, were injured in an attack during an anti-drug drive at Kushtia Government College last night (10 November).

The injured officers – Sub-Inspectors Jony and Jihad, and Constable Imran – were admitted to Kushtia 250-bed General Hospital.

According to police and eyewitness accounts, DB officers went to the college campus around 9pm to conduct an anti-drug operation. They detained several people, including college Chhatra Dal Convener Sangram Hossain, with drugs in their possession.

After news of the detentions spread, Chhatra Dal leaders and activists from the college and nearby Kushtia Polytechnic Institute gathered on the campus. They confronted the police, leaving the officers surrounded.

The protesters then attacked the officers with sticks and other blunt objects, injuring the two sub-inspectors and the constable. Additional police personnel later arrived, rescued the injured officers and took them to hospital.

The activists freed those detained with drugs during the operation.

Locals claimed that those involved in the alleged attack were followers of Taslim Uddin Nishat, member secretary of the Kushtia district Chhatra Dal unit.

Attempts to contact Nishat by phone for comment were unsuccessful.

Kushtia Model Police Station Officer-in-Charge Zakir Hossain said an incident had taken place at the government college and that details would be provided later.

He confirmed, however, that three DB personnel, including two sub-inspectors, had been injured.