Suspected criminal killed in ‘crossfire’An alleged criminal was killed in a shootout between the Rapid Action Battalion and his accomplices on Turag-Morogakanda Road near Aminbazar in Mirpur early Thursday, raising the death figure in crossfire to 379 since June 2004. Mozammel alias Mozam, 32, was one of the prime accused in the case of murder of Motiur Rahman, sub-inspector of the Savar police station who was killed in 2002.
A team of RAB-4 raided a house at Bhordeshi village in the area on Wednesday morning and arrested Mozam with 62 bottles of Phensidyl.
| "Getting ready for a party, Mozam? Youse better come with us." |
At one stage of the drive, Mozam’s accomplices opened fire on RAB, resulting in a shootout.
| "Curses, it's the RAB! Open fire, boys!" |
| "That's our statement and we're sticking to it." |
Cop-pirate gunfight in Bay: 12 hurt
BHOLA, Aug 25: At least 12 pirates suffered serious bullet wounds and fell in the Bay of Bengal after a gunfight with police during committing dacoity in a passenger trawler on Wednesday, reports UNB.
Police and locals said the trawler with 25 passengers of Char Fashion upazila left Kachhapia ghat for Char Kukri Mukri in the afternoon.
When it arrived in coastal Dhalchar in the Bay, some 23 pirates on two engine-boats swooped on the trawler passengers and looted cash Tk 1 lakh and a mobile phone set at gunpoint at about 8:00pm.
| "Yar, we be the Dread Pirates of Bengal! Give us your lakh!" |
| "Ouch!.....gurgle...rosebud...gurgle..." |
| "Evinrude, don't fail us now!" |
Sex and Slaughter in The City
Yet another woman was slaughtered in the city''s Ibrahimpur area on Thursday. This time, the 65-year-old Mosironnesa hailed from Mokshedpur in Gopalgonj district, was killed allegedly by her grandson inside her son''s rented house at 453, North Ibrahimpur under Kafrul police station.
Hospital sources, quoting family members of the victim, said that Kabir Hossain hit his grandmother''s throat with sharp weapon as she found Kabir and his cousin Nashrin Akter Shathi in a compromising state and rebuked them.
| "Hey, stop that fornicating!" |
A former teacher of Lalmatia Girls College was also slaughtered allegedly by her domestic help inside her Dhanmondi residence on Tuesday.
| It's so hard to find good help these days |