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Police have arrested four more people in connection with an attack, vandalism and attempted occupation of a house in Dhaka’s Shyamoli Housing area, with two of them sustaining gunshot injuries during the operation.
The four were arrested around 2:30am today (September 29) from an open area beside a canal behind the fairground near Nabodoy Housing fresh market, police said.
The arrestees are Rajib Hawladar, 30, Sagar alias Chhoto Bigar, 24, Shakib, 23, and Rashed, 24. Rajib and Sagar suffered gunshot wounds to their legs.
Mohammadpur Zone Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police Md Jewel Rana confirmed the arrests.
He said police conducted the overnight raid to apprehend suspects involved in the attack on the house in Shyamoli Housing.
Police attempted to arrest seven to eight suspects at the scene, but the group allegedly attacked officers with machetes, prompting police to open fire in self-defence. Two suspects were shot and subsequently arrested along with two others.
Police recovered steel machetes, a samurai sword and a kiris from the suspects. The two injured men were taken to Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College Hospital for treatment.
Jewel Rana said Sagar has eight cases filed against him with Adabor and Mohammadpur police stations, while Rajib is the prime accused in a case over the killing of a man named Babu in Mohammadpur. The other two suspects each face five cases, he said.
The incident occurred around 6:30am on September 26, when a group allegedly armed with machetes, cleavers and a pistol attempted to reoccupy the house in Shyamoli Housing.
CCTV footage showed two men striking the gate with machetes before another threw a brick at a camera. The attackers then damaged two CCTV cameras and smashed two second-floor windows.
The victim later filed a case with Adabor Police Station.
With the latest arrests, 10 people have so far been arrested in connection with the case. Nine were arrested by police and one by SRB.