A police official was injured after a mentally-challenged youth attacked him with a knife in Sadar upazila of Brahmanbaria on Sunday afternoon.
Injured Atiqullah is a sub-inspector (SI) at Sadar Model Police Station.
Dr Md Alauddin, a resident doctor at the emergency department of Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH), said on Sunday night that the victim sustained stab wounds in the chest, under his left arm and on the hand.
“He had to undergo an emergency surgery and is still not out of danger.”
However, police arrested the attacker, Saidul, son of Fazlul Haque of Behair village under Natai North union in the upazila, from the spot.
Brahmanbaria Superintendent of Police (SP) Md Shakhawat Hossain said Saidul locked his parents in a room and tried to set the house on fire.
After receiving a 999 call, a police team along with the fire service went to the spot and rescued them.
Later, when police tried to apprehend Saidul, he stabbed SI Atiqullah with the knife, leaving him seriously injured, the SP said.
At one stage, police managed to take the knife from Saidul and caught him, he added.
Atiqullah was first taken to Sadar hospital and given first aid there.
