Sharif Osman Hadi, spokesperson of Inquilab Manch and an independent candidate in the Dhaka-8 constituency, suffered bullet injuries during an election campaign on Friday afternoon.
He was shot by miscreants around 2:30 pm while campaigning, said Inspector Md. Faruk, in charge of the police camp at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH).
Hadi was later taken to DMCH for treatment.
Police, however, did not clarify where on his body he was shot.