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Tales from the Crossfire Gazette
 An outlawed terrorist died in encounter with RAB at Akandbaria of Sadar upazila in the early hours of today. The victim, Jasim (35), was activist of Purbabanglar Communist Party and wanted in a number of criminal cases including murder, police said.
A revolver and five rounds of bullet were recovered from the place encounter.
Some 33 terrorists were killed in crossfire encounters since RAB was deployed in the district last year.
Report from Jessore adds: An outlawed party leader was killed in a shootout between Rapid Action Battalion members and his accomplices at Changuti village in Abhoynagar upazila early on Sunday, RAB sources said.
They arrested Siddiqur Rahman Gazi, 35, a regional leader of Purbo Banglar Communist Party (Janajuddha), from his village Balidanga on Saturday evening.
| "Siddiqur, long time no see! Assume the position!" |
Following his confessional statement, the RAB men took Gazi out for recovering arms at the dead of night.
| "C'mon Siddi, let's go for a 'walk'". |
"As they reached Changuti village, the accomplices of Gazi opened fire, forcing the law-enforcers to fire back," said a RAB source.
| Can't expect them to hold their fire. |
Gazi was caught in the crossfire trying to flee and died on the spot, the sources said.
| "Accck! Ouch! Oooch! Rosebud! |
One foreign-made gun and four bullets were recovered from the scene.
| Hey look! An extra bullet! |
The sources said Gazi was an accused in a number of cases, including murder of Awami League leader Atiar.
The body was sent to General Hospital morgue for autopsy. A case was filed.
| "Put him over there, Sam, I'm not done with the last one." |
Posted by: Steve White 2005-05-16 |
