Bullet from MP's gun struck him

Sunday, August 15, 2010

Death of AL Activist

Awami League leader Ibrahim Ahmed was killed when he was handling legislator Nurun Nabi Shaon's licensed gun and it went off, said Shaon's driver.

Ibrahim Ahmed, 38, an Awami League leader of Ward-56 of Dhaka City Corporation, was also supposed to be a ward councillor candidate in the upcoming DCC elections.

Ruling Awami League MP Shaon's driver Kamal Hossain Kala filed an unnatural death (UD) case with Sher-e-Bangla Nagar Police Station in this connection.

Sher-e-Bangla Nagar Police Station Sub-Inspector Sadequl Islam said driver Kala in the case filed late Friday night said Shaon's car was parked near Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban Block-6 Friday night.

Sadequl said Kala claimed that he was cleaning the car when Ibrahim, an acquaintance of the lawmaker from Bhola-3 constituency, came up and took the pistol kept in the car in his hand. While Ibrahim was handling the pistol it accidentally went off and the bullet hit him in the face. The lawmaker was inside the parliament building then, the driver claimed.

Ibrahim was rushed to Dhaka Medical College Hospital where doctors declared him dead around 8:15pm.

Dhaka Medical College morgue sources said the bullet hit the right side of his face and went up to the back of his neck. The bullet was recovered from the body.

Ibrahim was laid to rest at a graveyard in Pubail in Gazipur yesterday afternoon.

Ibrahim's brother Masum Ahmed told The Daily Star yesterday that they did not know how his brother died. He said Ibrahim was close to Shaon and he campaigned for him in the Bhola-3 by-election.

The Daily Star failed to reach Shaon. His phone was apparently turned off.

Investigation officer of the case SI Azimuddin told The Daily Star that they have not yet found any witnesses apart from the driver.