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Tales from the Crossfire Gazette (weekend edition)
 A regional leader of the outlawed Purba Banglar Communist Party (PBCP) ...
| Oh, you were expecting a local Islamist? |
... was killed in a shootout between the members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) and his accomplices at village Talbunia under Rampal upazila of Bagerhat district in the small hours of today (Thursday), according to RAB sources.
| I have no idea where that is. |
The dead was identified as Md Shahariam Mollah, 42, the now late son of Hashem Mollah of village Showguna under Rampal upazila. The outlaw was an accused in about 10 cases including cases for extortion, snatching and attempt to murder.
| Had the death sentence on 10 systems. |
He was earlier arrested by RAB members from village Baruipara under Rampal upazila.
| Didn't learn his lesson, did he? |
Squeezing out information from the arrested outlaw, ...
| That just sounds painful. |
... RAB men took him to village Talbunia under Rampal upazila to recover hidden arms and nab his cohorts there.
| Stashed away at the secret lair. |
As the battalion members reached the area at about 3:45 am, ...
... unidentified miscreants opened fire on the elite force who also retaliated by firing.
| No one managed to hit anything in the shootout, but that's okay, because ... |
RAB sources said, Shahariam was pushed lifelessly from the back of a truck managed to escape during the fight but he was caught in the line of fire.
| Which wasn't as easy as it sounds, since he'd been shot in the back of the head just moments before ... |
When the fight was over, the battalion members along with the local people searched the area and after a convenient interval found the bullet-hit Shahariam lying on the ground.
"What'd he say, Ahmed?"
"Dunno, some funny English word, 'ro-se-b-ud'. Whassat mean?" |
The force along with the police and the locals took him to a nearby hospital ...
| ... not a level I trauma center, but then Shahariam didn't need one ... |
... where the attending doctors pronounced him dead, says a press release issued by RAB.
| "He's dead, Jim", so says the press release from the RAB. |
Later, the RAB members recovered one pipe gun, 4 bullets and 3 empty cartridges from the spot.
| Three empty cartridges? Musta made sure. |
Posted by: Steve White 2006-02-11 |
