Shah Alam, who according to police is a mugger hit with bullets in a “gunfight” around Sunday midnight, says he was picked up by Sub-Inspector Anwar Hossain in the capital's Mohammadpur earlier that night. Handcuffed and blindfolded, he was then taken to Taltola where Anwar shot him in the legs, he alleges. Alam was admitted to National Institute of Traumatology & Orthopaedic Rehabilitation (Nito
r) at 12:40am on Monday, according to the hospital's record book. A private car driver, Alam recently discovered his wife's “extramarital affair” with SI Anwar of Sher-e-Bangla Nagar Police Station, allege his family members. He also came to know that his wife, who left him around one and a half years ago, has been staying at a Keraniganj house rented by the sub-inspector, they added. Talking to this correspondent at the hospital yesterday, Alam said he went to Mohammadpur Krishi Market area around 10:00pm on Sunday following a phone call from one Siraj, an acquaintance of both Alam and Anwar. Alam, who was then at his brother's at Bashbari, was asked to come to Krishi Market right away for an urgent discussion about his wife and Anwar. Advertisement “As I reached the area, Anwar picked me up. He blindfolded me and handcuffed me behind the back.” There were a few others with the officer, he said. “He [Anwar] then took me to Taltola, forced me to lie on the ground and shot in my legs,” he said. “He first shot in my right leg then left leg.” Police, however, claimed the injured is a “mugger” and they detained him during a raid and recovered an illegal firearm and three bullets from his possession. “Police had information that some muggers were gathering at Taltola to carry out mugging. As he and his team reached the area, the muggers started firing on them, prompting police to retaliate,” SI Anwar told The Daily Star on Monday. At one stage, the criminals started falling back and police found injured Alam lying on the ground, he said. SI Anwar said he knew the couple as Alam used to drive a car at Mohammadpur Police Station. Police gave him the job to use him as a source to nab other muggers. According to family members, Alam has been living alone since separation with his wife. In September, the sub-inspector posing as a businessman rented a flat in Keraniganj for Alam's wife, said the building's caretaker. He even introduced the woman as his wife. Her parents, who live in the area, also met the caretaker and said the flat was being rented for their “daughter and son-in-law”. Mofazzal, the caretaker and also security guard, said the woman too lied to him. “When I asked about the details about the family, she told me that her husband [Anwar] is a motor parts trader in Mohammadpur.” Anwar used to visit the flat almost every day, and his every stay was for three to four hours. He stopped going there after locals learnt about his true occupation from Alam early this month. A week before Eid-ul-Azha, Alam told some influential locals that the woman living in the flat on the third floor of the six-storey under-construction building is his wife. “He sought our help to make her go back to him,” said an influential local, whishing not to be named. The woman and her parents trashed Alam's claim, saying he is just a mugger, he said. Pressed further, the parents changed their stand and admitted that Alam is their son-in-law. “They then agreed to sit for arbitration and we fixed October 17 for it.” Alam went to attend the arbitration as per the schedule but it did not take place as the woman and her parents did not show up. The locals then fixed another date. Alam's wife refused to say anything when this correspondent approached her for comments at the flat yesterday afternoon. Later, when the reporter was talking to locals, three to four persons riding on two motorbikes turned up and warned every one not to discuss the issue further. They also asked whether any journalist came to the area. Locals, however, didn't reveal the reporter's identity. Talking to The Daily Star yesterday, Alam further said he had wanted to disclose the “extramarital affair” to Anwar's wife. The police officer and his wife live in Mohammadpur. It might have angered the SI, the victim said at the hospital. The arbitration called by locals at Keraniganj was another reason behind the shooting, he added.
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