No fewer than thirteen industrial police members were injured as a police van carrying them was hit by a bus near Sagorika area in the port city on Saturday, reports UNB.
The injured were identified as Shamim Hossain,22, Jashim,23, Rimi,22, Manik,24, Salauddin, 22, Shaikat, 22, Mahabul, 26, Shajib,21, Jannat,22, Rumpa,21, Masud,23, Md Jashim,23,Uinpre, 22, said Mostafizur Rahman, officer-in-Charge of Pahartali police station in Chattogram.
The injured are currently being treated at Chattogram Medical College Hospital, he said.
The police members were heading towards the office of Superintendent of Police in Khulshi from Kattali when a local bus hit it it around 9 am.
“The bus was seized immediately after the accident but its driver managed to flee. Efforts are on to arrest him,” said the OC.