Apr 4: Three underground extremists died and 3 policemen were injured in gunfight in Jhenidah and Dahakula on Sunday night. Police said Shahidul Islam Shahid (35), Anisur Rahman (32) and Babar Ali (35), cadres of underground Gano Mukti Fouj, died in cross fire while fleeing in the melee of gunrunning with their supporters at 4am.
| I love a good melee at 4am, don't you? |
Earlier on Sunday detective police arrested Anis and Babar from a hideout at Alampur.
| "Stick em up, youse coming with us!" |
| Nice dark deserted brickyard at 4am |
| "It's the Cadres of Gano Muky...Gano Mufti....ah, screw it. It's the GMF, get um!" |
| Like it was planned, or something |
The extremists retreated leaving behind a shutter gun and four rounds of bullets. Police said Shahid Anis and Babar were wanted in connection with a dozen of criminal cases including murder.
Arms recovered from AL leader's house
Apr 4: The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB), Chittagong zone, arrested the Awami League leader and businessman Engineer Islam Ahmed alias Islam Engineer on charge of possessing illegal firearms at his house at Sadar Ghat road in the port city last night. The RAB also recovered firearms including most sophisticated firearms AK 22.
| AK 22? WTF? |
According to RAB, they took him to their office at Patenga and interrogated. He confessed that he possessed illegal firearms and agreed to help the RAB to recover these. According to the statement of the arrested Islam Engineer, the RAB team raided his village home "Londoni Bari" at Kowaj Nagar under Karnafully thana at around 1 pm this noon. They recovered one 303 Rifle, one LG and bullets from the spot.
| What? No cadres? No crossfire? They use up their quota for the week? |
| Looked it up, Armscor AK-22, it's a AK-47 look-a-like in .22 rimfire. This is what they consider a "most sophisticated firearm". |
The RAB sources said, Islam Engineer was involved with terrorism, extortion and various types of crimes with illegal firearms. The RAB handed him over the to the Karnafully thana. Sources said, Engineer Islam Ahmed, son of Haji Alim Uddin of Kowaj Nagar village is an Awami League leader. He is also a well-known businessman of the city.
| Businessman by day, at night he dons his mask and becomes "Islam Engineer", dread terrorist! |
RAB, smugglers trade fire
Apr 4: RAB opened fire to repel the attack by alleged smugglers leaving a boy injured at Beledanga in sadar upazila on Sunday night. RAB seized 300 bottles of phensidyl and picked up Shahidur Rahman (12) with bullet injury, his father Korban Ali, Azizur Rahman and Abdul Kader who are known as smugglers.
Villagers alleged, in a midnight raid in border areas against identified smugglers RAB ransacked a number of houses in Parandah, Kadamtala, Kashempur and Beladanga. Police said RAB fired eight gunshots when came under attack by the smugglers, who also damaged a vehicle of RAB.
Crackers explode near BSS office
Unidentified miscreants yesterday hurled Cocktail crackers near the Head Office of national news agency-Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS)- at Purana Paltan.
| "You want some crackers with your cocktail?" "No thanks, got any cheese?" |
Witnesses said the crackers exploded with a big sound, while the miscreants managed to flee before they could be identified by on duty police, guards and passersby. However, none was injured in the blast, which exploded at around 1.50 pm. Police recovered a part of small tin case from the scene.
When contacted, on duty police officials told BSS that they suspected that some miscreants might have thrown the crackers from a speedy vehicle.