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Former BNP MP Nasir Uddin Pintu asaulted the Deputy
Jailor Nasir Hossain (Inset) was inside the prison cell of
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University yesterday.
Banglar Chokh

Staff Reporter

A former member of parliament, Nasiruddin Pintu, physically assaulted a deputy jailer at his prison cell at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) at Shahbag in the city yesterday.

Source said the incident happened when Deputy Jailer Nasir Ahmad came to the prison cell at about 1:30pm and told Pintu to get ready to go to the court. Pintu instantly became angry and landed one or two blows on the face of the jailer. The jailer fell to the floor. Prison guards rushed to the cell and rescued their officer from the wrath of the detained politician.

Maj Shamsul Haider Siddiqui, Deputy Inspector General of Prisons confirmed the incident.

Sources said the prison authority might file a case against Pintu in connection with the assault.