An alleged drug peddler was injured and another arrested during a “shootout” with police in Bogra's Dupchanchia upazila early yesterday.

The bullet-hit man, identified as Md Mahbubur Rahman Mahbub, 36, son of Md Rafiqul Islam of Dimshahar village under Dupchanchia upazila, is now undergoing treatment at the Bogra Shaheed Ziaur Rahman Medical College Hospital.

The arrestee was identified as Md Zakaria, 28, son of Nurul Islam from the same village, Dupchanchia police said.

Abdur Razzak, officer-in-charge (OC) at Dupchanchia police station, said Rahman is accused in five narcotics cases filed with Dupchanchia Police Station and Akkelpur Police Station in Joypurhat while Zakaria is accused in one case.

The OC said the “gunfight” took place in a mango orchard in Pachchim Alohali village of the upazila near Talora-Dupachanchia intersection area. Based on information received that five drug peddlers were about to meet there to share a stash of drugs including yaba pills, a team led by senior ASP Alamgir Rahman went to the spot around 1:30am.

“Sensing police presence, the alleged drug peddlers threw Molotov cocktails and opened fire on them, forcing the police team to retaliate,” OC said.

At the end of the fire exchange, police recovered five bombs, two machetes, 450 yaba tablets -- 350 on Mahbubur's body and 100 on Zakaria's body.

Mahbub was sent to Bogra Shaheed Ziaur Rahman Medical College Hospital.

During that “fight”, sub-inspector Abu Rayhan and police constable Nure Alam were injured. They are under treatment at Bogra Police Lines Hospital, said the OC.

Razzak said three cases have been filed against five people in this regards, one narcotics-control case, one for the attack on police and another for possession of explosives.