Ershad, BNP’s convener in the port city, has been admitted to the city’s Evercare Hospital with the bullet injuries. Another man named Sarwar Babla was also critically injured in the attack.

Chattogram Metropolitan Police’s North Zone Deputy Commissioner Amirul Islam confirmed the incident.

On Monday, BNP named Ershad as the potential candidate for the Chattogram-8 constituency in the district. The constituency includes the Boalkhali and Chadgaon upazilas.