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2 robbers killed in gunfight with Rab
 Bagerhat --- Two forest robbers were killed in a gunfight with members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in Andharmanik area of the Sundarbans under Mongla upazila on Wednesday.
| Good luck finding that place... |
| The Sundarbans where the tigers rule... |
The deceased were identified as Riad alias Dalim, 28, and Kalam Khan, 47. They belonged to notorious robber gang 'Sheersha Bahini'.
| Ah, the Bahinis ride again! |
| Only the most notorious get the "Sheersha" label, y'know. |
A team of the elite force conducted a drive in the Sundarbans around 1:45pm as part of their regular crackdown against the forest robbers, said commander of Rab-8 (Barisal) Col Faridul Alam who led the operation. "What's on the Wednesday schedule, Inspector?"
"It's 'crackdown on forest robbers' in the afternoon, Colonel."
"Oh, good. I was getting rather tired of that 3am-in-the-brickyard routine." |
| A daytime action? Did they get overtime? |
As the Rab members reached Baro Tengrarkhal of the Sunbarbans under Changpai Range,
| Was that a secret lair or just a random spot? |
the forest robbers opened fire on the law enforcers,
| "Cheez! Not our spider sense again! Open aimless fire boys!" |
forcing them to retaliate
| ...couldn't help themselves, could they... |
| One can sit through only so many randomly-aimed shots before one loses patience. |
that triggered a one-sided gun battle.
After the 30-miniute gunfight, the robbers fled into the deep forest.
| As if they'd never been there in the first place... |
| Just like Robin Hood and his Merry Men - Yoiks and Away! |
Later, the crime busters recovered the bodies of Dalim and Kalam from the spot.
"Which spot?"
"THAT spot!" |
They also recovered seven firearms, including three LGs, 35 bullets and a trawler used by the robbers and a large amount of relief materials.
| No shutter gun. Day shift never gets the shutter gun. |
| The relief materials might come in handy, though. |
| Not to mention the trawler, whatever that might be. |
Posted by: Steve White 2013-07-11 |
