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Tales from the Crossfire Gazette (Sunday edition)
 | Filling in for Steve on the Rantburg Weekend Police Desk ... |
Two accused of a robbery case were killed in separate incidents of "crossfire" between police and their gang at city's Bayezid Bostami and Khulshi areas in the early hours yesterday. Robbers Md Khorshed alias Chandu, 23, and Rashed, 28, were accused in the Friday's robbery at East Shamserpara under Chandgaon Police Station, in which Monsoor Alam was shot dead and Abul Bashar was bullet injured.
| And you know what's coming next ... |
Soon after the robbery, the law enforcers from Chandgaon and Panchlaish police stations in a joint raid in Hamzarbagh and Muradpur areas arrested seven robbers including Khorshed and Rashed. They also recovered three firearms from them.
In the intervening interval that follows, the law enforcers beat extract confessions from our Brave Heroes. |
Sources said a joint team of Chandgaon and Bayezid Bostami police stations took Khorshed on Friday night to different areas of the city to recover arms and looted goods.
| Night time arms recovery ... check. |
As they reached Fata Pahar near Burma Colony at 3:15am, Khorshed's gang hiding there opened fire on the police team to free Khorshed.
| Henchmen bravely open fire to rescue their beloved leader ... check. |
Khorshed was seriously injured falling in the line of fire as the police retaliated by firing.
| Brave Hero hit in the crossfire ... check. |
The police took critically injured Khorshed to Chittagong Medical College Hospital (CMCH) ...
| Off to the medical college (nuttin' but the best for our Brave Hero) ... check. |
...where the on-duty doctors declared him dead.
| Where Jim is told that our Brave Hero is dead. |
The police recovered an LG, three live cartridges and three rifle bullets from the spot.
And the police pick up some planted evidence ... check. |
The other robber Rashed confessed to having more firearms in Khulshi area. Following this statement, a joint team of Khulshi and Panchlaish police took Rashed to RN Steel Mills in North Pahartali under Khulshi at around 2:30am.
"Hey Rashed, youse comin' wit us."
"No way copper, I saw what happened to Khorshed!"
"Khorshed, Smor'shed, git up!" |
Accomplices of Rashed who had been waiting there fired at the cops to snatch Rashed. Police also retaliated with eight rounds, one of the bullets hitting the fleeing Rashed.
| Only one? Nice shooting, Mukkarjee! |
Rashed was rushed to the CMCH but succumbed to his injuries there.
| I'm just guessing the medical college isn't a Level I trauma center. |
Police recovered two LGs, five rifle bullets, six blank cartridges and one bullet of pistol from the scene.
| Is an LG like a shutter gun? |
The bodies of Khorshed and Rashed were handed over to their relatives after post mortem yesterday afternoon.
| "We're done with them. Here, take out the trash." |
Zafar Ahmad, father of Rashed, told journalists at the morgue that his son had been a tempo driver a few years ago and later entered the crime world.
| "And let that be a lesson to you, you no-good boy!" |
Posted by: Steve White 2005-06-05 |
