Locals in in Mirsarai upazila of Chattogram gave a good beating to three people, including two Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) personnel on Wednesday night after the later were mistaken as robbers, reports UNB.
The injured members of the elite force are Kausar, 29, and Mokhles Uddin, 33. The other victim is Pervez, 28, who is an informant of Rab.
The two Rab members were brought to Dhaka for better treatment by a helicopter around 9.30pm, said Rab's senior assistant director (media) Nurul Absar Chowdhury.
The trio went to Baroiyarhat Municipality Bazar in a car around 8.45pm to gather information about drugs-business in the area, the Rab said in a release.
Suspecting them as robbers, local people thrashed them, leaving the three injured. On information, a team of Rab-7 rushed to the spot and rescued them.
