Dhaka, Nov. 7 -- Ershad Ullah, the BNP candidate for the Chattogram-8 parliamentary seat wounded in a shooting during a campaign event at the port city's Bayezid Bostami, is being shifted to Dhaka for advanced treatment.

He will be taken from Chattogram to Square Hospital in Dhaka by helicopter on Friday afternoon.

Chattogram Metropolitan BNP Secretary Nazimur Rahman told bdnews24.com, "Ershad Ullah Bhai was shot in the right side of his chest and the leg. He is out of danger now."

"His family and relatives have decided to take him to Dhaka for advanced treatment. A helicopter will leave for Dhaka shortly. He will be admitted to Square Hospital in Dhaka."

Ershad, the convenor of the BNP's Chattogram metropolitan unit, was shot during ...