Cop shoots dead colleague in Rangamati

Apolice constable shot dead one of his colleagues at one stage of brawl in Baghaichhari upazila of Rangamati this morning.

The incident took place at a police camp in Baghaihat around 9:45am, reports our Rangamati correspondent.

According to Azizul Haque, officer-in-charge of Sajek Police Station, constable M Anwar, 24, and constable Muktadir locked in an altercation over a personal matter at the camp this morning.  

At one state, Muktadir fired several shots at Anwar from his rifle, the OC said, adding: "One bullet hit his abdomen."

When Anwar was rushed to Khagrachhari Modern Hospital, doctors referred him to the Chittagong Combined Military Hospital.

But he was declared ‘brought dead’ when shifted to the CMH by a helicopter around 12:10pm, Dr Col Nasirul Haque Khan told The Daily Star.

Muktadir was arrested soon after the incident.

Asked about what the two constables were quarrelling about, the OC said they could not know it immediately.