Elderly man shot at tea stall in Sonaimuri by attackers on motorcycle, now in hospital
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Jamal Uddin, 60, of Sonaimuri upazila in Noakhali, was shot while sitting at a tea stall. Bullets fired by assailants wearing black clothes and helmets hit his left leg and thigh. He is now undergoing treatment in hospital.
The incident took place at around 10:30pm on Saturday (24 October) at Salauddin’s tea stall in the Bottoli area of Ghoshkamta village, Ward No. 1 of Nateshwar union in the upazila. The injured Jamal Uddin is the son of the late Sakhayet Ullah of Miji Bari in the same village.
According to police and local sources, Jamal Uddin once lived abroad. A few years ago, he put up posters in the area as a prospective candidate for chairman of the Nateshwar Union Parishad. Several of his sons are currently living abroad.
On Saturday night, Jamal Uddin was sitting at Salauddin’s shop in the Bottoli area next to his home. At that point, two people wearing black clothes and helmets arrived in front of the shop on a motorcycle and opened fire at him, hitting his left leg and thigh. He was later rescued and admitted to the 250-bed Noakhali General Hospital.
The hospital’s resident medical officer (RMO), Dr Rajib Ahmed Chowdhury, said Jamal Uddin was admitted to the hospital with bullet wounds at around 12 midnight. He has bullet injuries to his left leg and thigh. He is under treatment and out of danger.
Md Kabir Hossain, officer-in-charge (OC) of Sonaimuri Police Station, said police visited the scene after being informed. Two people suddenly came and shot at the elderly man, who was sitting in a shop. However, why he was shot is still not known.
District context
Shootings in public have happened in the same Nateshwar union before. According to a Desh Rupantor report of 8 February 2025, a Jubo Dal activist named Mizanur Rahman, 39, was shot at around 10:45pm on 7 February 2025 in Nazarpur village of the union.
The then OC of Sonaimuri Police Station had said at the time that a dispute over soil was the primary cause of the incident.
Sources
Background sources: Desh Rupantor, 8 February 2025
