Jubo Dal man hurt in Munshiganj police firing dies at DMCH

Mohammad Shaon, a Juba Dal man who was injured in Police-BNP clash on Wednesday dies at the Dhaka Medical College Hospital on late Thursday evening. UNB

Dhaka, Sept 22 – A Jubo Dal activist who suffered bullet wounds in Wednesday's clash between the BNP and police in Munshiganj succumbed to his injuries Thursday while undergoing treatment.

Mohammad Shaon, 20, from Mirkadim municipality of Sadar upazila, breathed his last at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) around 8:40pm, BNP Health Affairs Secretary Dr Rafiqul Islam said.

Shaon was a three-wheeler driver and activist of Muktarpur ward Jubo Dal, his friend Nahid Khan said.

At least 50 people, including several policemen, were injured in a clash during a BNP rally in Munshiganj's Muktarpur yesterday.

Shaon, district BNP activist Jahangir Hossain, 40, and Chhatra Dal activist Mohammad Tareque, 20, were critically injured during the skirmish as police tried to stop the protest rally, Md Sami, a local BNP politician, said.

The injured were taken to DMCH Wednesday night, he added.