Police attacked in Tangail, vehicle vandalized

Abrar Hussain of DOT
Criminals reportedly halted a police van yesterday by felling a tree on a road in Shakhipur upazila of Tangail and then vandalizing the vehicle, leaving at least four policemen injured.
Around 50-60 miscreants, armed with sticks, carried out the attack in Boro Chauna Bazar area around 12:30am yesterday, The Daily Star quoted Amir Hossain, officer-in-charge of Sakhipur Police Station, as saying
The injured policemen were admitted to Sakhipur Upazila Health Complex around 2:00am.
Among the injured, Sub-Inspector (SI) of Sakhipur Police Station Ayub Ali and Constable Shafiqul Islam were released from the hospital after receiving primary treatment. The two other injured police officials — SI Doyal Chandra Sarkar and Assistant Sub-Inspector Foyez Uddin — are still undergoing treatment.
Additional police forces were deployed in Boro Chauna area soon after the incident.
On information, other police teams from different areas reached the spot and brought the situation under control firing 19 blank shots, he added.
The OC claimed that followers of former chairman of Kalia UP Abdul Halim Sarkar carried out the attack.
Halim is the prime accused in a case filed for assaulting a Bangladesh Chhatra League leader, the police official added.