Police say the shooting incident during the campaign of BNP’s Chattogram-8 candidate Ershad Ullah was a planned attack, and that the slain man Sarwar Hossain Babla was the intended target. The target was Sarwar, who has died,” he told reporters at Evercare Hospital. There are also allegations of criminal activities against Sarwar.”The shooting took place around 5:30pm near Chalitatoli East Mosque under Bayezid Bostami Police Station while Ershad Ullah was campaigning. Police said Sarwar was a listed top criminal who had recently begun identifying himself as a BNP activist. Among the injured were Irfanul Haque Shanto, joint convenor of Ward-3 Swechchhasebak Dal, and Aminul Haque and Mortuza Haque, both involved in BNP.
