Dhaka, Oct. 19 -- A suspected drug user has suffered a head injury after being beaten during an alleged anti-drug raid by a "citizens' organisation" on a footpath beside Residential Model College near Geneva Camp in Dhaka's Mohammadpur.

Police and locals said people associated with local MP and State Minister Bobby Hajjaj carried out the raid without police involvement.

However, the MP's Executive Assistant Intishar Mashuk Pradhan denied that his office had conducted any such raid.

An internal police report said people from Bobby Hajjaj's office conducted an "anti-drug raid" at Geneva Camp around 11am on Sunday.

During the raid, Arif Hossain, 30, who was allegedly using drugs at the time, was struck on the head and left bleeding.

He ...