The Detective Branch (DB) of Police today arrested runaway Sultanganj Union Parishad chairman Monir Hossain who shot into a crowd of angry protesters at Ashrafabad in Kamrangirchar on June 9, killing one and injuring two others.

The police picked up Haji Monir Hossain, chairman of Sultanganj Union Parishad, from a relative's house in that area after a murder case was filed against him in connection with the incident. Earlier on June 10 Kamrangirchar Thana Swechchasebok League President Golam Maula Reza filed the case against the UP chairman and 15 others with Kamrangirchar Police Station.

Monir is also the president of Kamrangirchar Thana BNP and a sidekick of detained former BNP lawmaker Nasiruddin Ahmed Pintu. Witnesses said a group of local people chased Monir and encircled him at Lohar Bridge in the area around 1:45pm when he was passing through the locality by his private car.

"Monir was then locked in an heated altercation with the locals and at one stage he pulled his firearm and sprayed five to six rounds of bullet on the crowd," said an employee of a local shop who witnessed the incident. After spraying bullets, Monir fled the scene by his private car. Hasan died on the spot while another youth Sumon sustained bullet injury in his neck. Two others were also injured after being hit by his speeding car.