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| Tales from Bangladesh |
| 2004-12-23 |
| Assorted tidbits from Bangladesh News: Terrorist slaughtered in Bogra Dec 22: An alleged terrorist was slaughtered by his rivals on a market compound in the town on Tuesday night. The victim was identified as Faridul Islam Maroof, 20, an accused in the "terrorist" Titu murder case. Police said Maroof's classmate Saiful along with his accomplices dragged Maroof down from a rickshaw at about 11 pm, took him into BRTC Shopping Complex and slaughtered him there. On information, police recovered the body and sent it to Bogra Mohammad Ali Hospital morgue for autopsy. Later, police arrested three youths -- Motiar Rahman Motin, 27, Saiful Islam, 27, and Shahidul Islam, 23, -- in connection with the killing. Three tribal terrors arrested in Khagrachhari Army jawans yesterday arrested three tribal terrors from Ramgarh and Manikchhari areas in Khagrachhari district and recovered arms and ammunition from their possession in the small hours of yesterday. The arrested were identified as Jamini Tripura (40), a member of Shantibahini, Khokon Tripura (35) and Momentra Tripura (28). According to police and Army, acting on a secret information a team of Army arrested Jaminee Tripura from Jaminipara at Ramgarh and recovered a pistol and a sharp weapon from his possession. In another incident, on receipt secret information, a squad of Armymen arrested Khokon Tripura and Momentra Tripura from Guzabari at Manikchhari on charge of collecting toll alleged for United People's Democratic Front (UPDF) and recovered two SBBL gun. The arrested terrors were handed over to the respective police stations. Two outlaws, one criminal die in encounter with RAB, police Two outlaws and a listed criminal were killed in encounters with police and the elite strike force, Rapid Action Battalion (RAB), in Dhaka city, Khulna and Pabna yesterday. The listed criminal who was killed in the city's Mirpur area in an encounter with police in the small hours of yesterday was identified as Saidul (35), son of Abdul Malek Khalifa, a resident of Lalkuthi. He hailed from Munshiganj district. Police recovered a foreign made revolver, two pipe-guns, eight rounds of bullet and eighteen cartridges from the spot. According to police, the shootout took place between Mirpur Thana police and the accomplices of Saidul at around 4.15 am near Mirpur Martyred Intellectuals Memorial as a group of Mirpur Thana police along with Saidul reached the area, following Saidul's confessional statement, to nab the accomplices and recover arms and ammunition from their possession. Saidul was hit by several bullets during the shootout as he was trying to flee from the scene. But the accomplices of Saidul managed to escape. Seriously injured Saidul was rushed to the Emergency Department of Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) where the attending doctors declared him dead. The deceased was accused in several cases including four murders under Mirpur Police Station, Mirpur police said. BSS adds: A notorious regional leader of an extremist party, Alauddin alias Alai, 26, was killed in a crossfire between Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) and the extremists on the night of Tuesday at Ganghati village under Ataikula upazila of Pabna district. RAB sources said a team of the RAB-5 arrested Alai from Bangram Bazar in the evening the same day. As per his confession, the team along with Alai went to the Ganghati village at midnight to recover illegal arms hidden in an abandoned house. As soon as the team reached the spot, the accomplices of Alai opened fire on the RAB team. The RAB also returned fire resulting in a brief shootout. At one stage, Alai was killed in the crossfire while trying to escape. Later, the RAB recovered two shutter guns and huge bullets from the hidden place. Alai was accused of a dozen of cases including three murders, the sources said. Terrorist held, firearm seized in Chittagong Dec 22 : The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested one terrorist and recovered one firearm from his possession at Panwala para in the city yesterday morning. The arrested person is identified as Mohammed Yakub (28), son of Kabir Ahamed of Daulotpur Potia in Chittagong. Sources said, the RAB was informed that Yakub was staying at the home of Mofzal Sawdagor at Panwala para in the city. Acting on that secret information a team of RAB raided the said spot and arrested Yakub from there. The RAB also recovered one foreign made sophisticated revolver from the possession of arrested Yakub. |
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