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'Carjacker' killed in gunfight with police
[Bangla Daily Star] An alleged mugger was killed in a shootout between police and a gang of carjackers in the capital's Mohammadpur yesterday.

After the fight, police recovered a private car, which had been hijacked last week while carrying an additional DIG of police on Khilji Road in Mohammadpur.

Around 4:00am, a plainclothes team of Mohammadpur police signalled a silver coloured car without registration plate to pull over in front of Allahkarim Jame Mosque at Basila. The vehicle matched the description of the one hijacked from Khilji Road.

"The car, with four youths on board, defied the signal and sped away, prompting the police team to be in its pursuit," said Senior Assistant Commissioner Mashiur Rahman of Detective Branch.

Soon, separate teams of DB and Rapid Action Battalion received calls for backup and joined the chase. The car finally came to a halt when it crashed into a power pole near the Basila Bridge.

Mashiur said the criminals opened fire on the police as soon as they got out of the car, forcing the law enforcers to respond in kind.

Mahmudul Islam, officer in charge of Mohammadpur Police Station, said at least 30 rounds of ammunition were fired during the hour-long shootout.

The law enforcers found one carjacker dead at the scene and recovered a pistol, two knives and a police signal light. The other three hijackers, however, managed to flee the area.

The dear departed, Nazrul Islam, was accused in at least seven cases including four on murder charges, police claimed.

On March 8, Additional DIG Abu Musa Md Fakhrul Islam and some relatives were returning home after visiting a family member at a city hospital. They were stopped on Khilji Road in Mohammadpur by a group of men posing as coppers. After forcing the passengers to exit the vehicle, the gang snatched their valuables and made off with the car.

Posted by: Fred 2012-03-17
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