Inspector general of police Md Mainul Islam on Sunday said that 42 police personnel, including three inspectors and two members of the Rapid Action Battalion, were killed in violence so far.

The IGP revealed the information while responding to journalists at a briefing at Razarbagh Police Hospital after visiting the injured police members.

‘Many police members were injured. A total of 507 policemen took treatment at the hospital,’ he said, adding that 27 were now undergoing treatment at the hospital, including one in Intensive Care Unit.

The attacks on policemen were mostly carried out after the fall of Sheikh Hasina government on August 5 as police indiscriminately opened fire at protesters  that left 376 people killed in between July 16 and August 5.