CHATTOGRAM, March 23, 2026 (BSS) – A local BNP leader and his mother sustained bullet injuries when a group of armed miscreants entered their house in Ward No. 2 of Sarafbhata Union at around 8:30 pm on Sunday and opened fire indiscriminately.  The injured BNP leader is Engineer Osman Gani,42, Sarafbhata Union BNP General Secretary of Rangunia Upazila of the district. His mother Achia Begum (70) and his father Rashid Ahmed also sustained injuries during the armed attack, police and locals said. The Officer-in-Charge (OC) of South Rangunia Police Station, Md. Hilal Uddin Ahmed, said the incident took place at Ganjam Ali Sarkar's house in Ward No. 2 of Sarafbhata Union around at around 8:30 pm on Sunday (March 22). The families of the injured reported that four armed miscreants entered their house at night and started firing indiscriminately.  Engineer Osman was shot in the hand and stomach during the attack. When his mother, Achia Begum, tried to protect her son, she was shot in both legs. Osman's father, Rashid Ahmed, was also beaten and injured by the attackers.  Local residents rushed to the spot to rescue them and sent them to the Rangunia Upazila Health Complex for their primary treatment.  Later Osman Gani was transferred to a private hospital in Chattogram city as his condition was seen critical. Besides, his parents received treatment at the Upazila Health Complex and are now stable, confirmed the attending doctor.  BNP leader Adv. Kamal Hossain said that Osman Gani sustained multiple shrapnel bullet wounds with his stomach being the most severe. He also suffered severe damage to one of his hands and a sharp weapon injury on his spine.  The incident caused widespread tension and panic in the area.  Local BNP leaders strongly condemned the attack and called for the immediate arrest of the perpetrators.  OC Md. Hilal Uddin Ahmed of South Rangunia Police Station stated that the police are actively pursuing the culprits and investigating the motive behind the terrorist act to maintain law and order in the region.  

KHULNA, March 23, 2026 (BSS) – Members of the Bangladesh Coast Guard arrested an active member of the notorious “Chhoto Suman Bahini” along with arms and ammunition during a special drive in the Sundarbans, said a Coast Guard press release today. Acting on a tip-off, law enforcers came to know that a member of the infamous gang  took position in the Felur Khanda – Boidhamari area of the Sundarbans. Based on the information, a joint team of Coast Guard Base Mongla and Station Harbaria conducted a special drive at around 3:00 pm on Sunday in the Boidhamari Bazar adjacent area under Mongla Police Station in Bagerhat. During the drive, the Coast Guard team arrested Yasin Sheikh, 40, an active member of “Chhoto Suman Bahini” from the area. Later, based on information provided by the detainee, another drive was carried out at around 1:00 am on Monday in the Dhanshiri Char Khal adjacent area under the same (Mongla) Police Station. During the follow-up operation, Coast Guard members recovered one single-barrel gun, four rounds of live cartridges and four rounds of blank cartridges. The detained Yasin Sheikh is a resident of Mongla upazila in Bagerhat district.  He had long been involved with the “Chhoto Suman Bahini” and reportedly assisted the gang by supplying arms, ammunition and logistic  support for their robbery activities. Legal proceedings against the arrested youth are currently underway, the press release added.