Miscreants beat and hacked Moslem Uddin, a police sub-inspector and the plaintiff in a case filed over setting fire to a police car, in the Chourangi area of Tungipara on Sunday.
The injured police official was rescued by locals and admitted to Tungipara Upazila Health Complex, where he is currently undergoing treatment. Md Aiyub Ali, officer-in-charge (OC) of Tungipara Police Station, confirmed the incident to reporters.
He said that leaders and activists of the banned Awami League and its associate organisations brought out a procession carrying local weapons and sticks in the upazila headquarters on Sunday afternoon.
During the procession, miscreants severely injured the sub-inspector by beating and hacking him at Chourangi.
The police official is the plaintiff in a case filed over an incident on 10 November, when demonstrators set fire to a police vehicle while he was performing duty during a student strike. A total of 2,224 people were named as accused in that arson case.
In a separate incident on Sunday evening, the house of Imdad Mollya, president of Tungipara Pourashava BNP, located in Patgati, was vandalised and set on fire. Upon receiving the news, Fire Service personnel rushed to the scene and brought the fire under control.
