Two police officers went missing after jumping into the Padma River during an attack allegedly carried out by some unidentified persons in Kumarkhali upazila of Kushtia district this morning (October 28).

The missing policemen include sub-inspectors Sadrul Alam and Mukul Hossain.

Two members of the Koya Union community, Sanwar Hossain and Anwar Hossain, were also injured during the attack.

Locals said two members of union congregation wards 5 and 6 and four policemen went to Padma River around 4 am in a boat where some fishermen were fishing, defying the government ban.

Sensing the presence of the police boat, a group of miscreants attacked them and beat them brutally, injuring two UP members. At one point, two police officers jumped into the river.

Some fishermen claimed that the police went there to loot the fishermen’s illegally caught fish, even though they were not supposed to be making any trips.

Upazila Senior Fisheries Officer Mahmudul Hasan said there was no information regarding the campaign against illegal nets in the Padma River.

A police team, with the help of additional superintendent of police Palash Kanti Nath, organized a drive to rescue the missing policemen.