Three members of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police’s Detective Branch (DB) South Division were seriously injured during a suspect arrest operation in the Gausia area of Rupganj upazila, Narayanganj. According to police, the incident occurred around 3 p.m. on Thursday when a four-member DB team went to arrest a suspect. Supporters of the suspect reportedly attacked the officers, injuring three of them.

The attackers allegedly forced the injured officers into a pickup truck and took them to Shantinagar Bazar in Ujithpura Union of Araihazar upazila, where they were beaten again. Local police later rescued the injured officers and admitted them to the Araihazar Upazila Health Complex. Among the injured, Sub-Inspector Mamun Matubbar’s condition was reported as critical.

Araihazar Police Station’s Officer-in-Charge Md. Sabjel Hossain stated that the injured officers were later sent to Dhaka for treatment and that an investigation is underway to identify those involved in the attack.