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Tales from the Crossfire Gazette
 [Bangla Daily Star] An alleged robber
| This was written by no mere Bangladeshi reporter, but by a trained journalist. Somehow, one can tell. |
was killed during a "shootout" between personnel and an armed gang in Maheshkhali of Cox's Bazar early yesterday.
| Cox's Bazar is where the very coolest miscreants hang out. |
Two Rab personnel -- Md Asaduzzaman, assistant superintendent of police and constable Tajul Islam -- were also injured in the hour-long shootout around 4:00am, said sources in Rab-7.
| A hernia and a bruised ego... |
The law enforcers seized a double-barrel shotgun, two single-barrel guns, two other guns, seven cartridges, 12 used cartridges and four machetes from the spot, the sources said.
| Alas, no shutter gun. Perhaps it's been sent back for reconditioning? |
Deceased Abul Kashem, 32,
| No alias for him so you know he's not important... |
| But he does have two names, which suggests someone once loved him. |
was a member of the notorious gang "Kala Jahangir Bahini", claimed the sources.
| Ahhh. One of the Bahinis. You'd think they'd have tired of still being outside the law after all these years. You would, of course, be wrong. |
They said Rab personnel, led by its commanding officer Lt Col Saiful Karim,
| Soon to be full Colonel Saiful Karim... |
went on a drive at Kalur Bridge area following a tip off.
| Another fifty-spot to Mahmoud the Weasel... |
| The man does have school fees to pay for a couple of grandnieces... |
About 12 to 15 members of the gang were preparing for a robbery,
| Where? In a banana grove? At the secret lair? Details, we want details! |
said Lt Commander Nuruzzaman, Chandgaon camp commander of Rab-7.
Spider senses tingling at the proximity of the elite force,
| "Hark! The spider sense! It tingles!" |
the robbers fired 12 shots at the law enforcers
and the Rab personnel retaliated with 81 shots, added the Rab personnel.
| That's a lot of shots. Either the boys need more time at the range or they just had to make it look good... |
| I hear tell it's just plain fun to shoot guns. So that's another possibility. |
Kashem was hit
| ...one behind each ear as planned and, er, 'executed'... |
and he was struck down in his prime, said squadron leader Nazmul Hossain, second-in-command of Rab-7, adding that the cohorts of Kashem managed to run away flee
| ...as if they'd never been there... |
leaving the arms and ammunition behind.
| Carefully planted by the RAB-7... |
| No! It cannot be, and I am shocked, shocked! that you would bandy such a horrid accusation. |
Nazmul said Kashem was bullet hit during another shootout with the elite force in 2011 in Maheshkhali.
| I don't believe it -- he lived? |
He said over 25 cases were filed against him with different cop shoppes of Cox's Bazar.
| Wanted on a good many more than twelve systems, that one. Thanks be that the Rab got him properly this time. |
Posted by: Fred |
