 [Bangla Daily Star] Two leaders of outlawed parties were shot dead during 'shootouts' with law enforcers in Kushtia and Magura yesterday.
The dead were identified as Shahinur Rahman Dablu, 36, from Saldah village under sadar upazila of Kushtia and Tabibur Rahman alias Tota from Harishpur village under Shalikha upazila in Magura.
| Goodness! Clearly these are real places, that no doubt can be found somewhere on a fine-detail CIA map. |
Kushtia police said the regional unit commander of outlawed Gono Bahini, Shahinur, was accused of extortion, mugging, and looting on the riverways.
| Mr. Shahinur is a badman, most definitely. |
| His mother never loved him, I'm told ... |
Acting on a tip-off, separate teams of the Detective Branch and sadar police took position at Milpara Shashan ghat. As the gang led by Shahinur was crossing the Gorai River on boat around 4:30am, the police asked them to stop. The gang then opened fire on the police triggering a half-an-hour long gunfight.
| Badmen, all of them, who then disappeared as if they'd never been there. |
Police found Shahinur's body on the spot after his accomplices fled. They also recovered one locally-made gun and 15 bullets from the scene.
There are several cases against Shahinur with Kumarkhali and Kushtia police stations.
| Elsewhere, in another upazilla, the second very bad man meets his well-deserved end: |
In Magura, Tota, a regional leader of outlawed Sarbahara Party, was shot dead at Harishpur.
Police said a joint team of Rapid Action Battalion and police raided a jute field in the area where Tota and his cohorts were holding a secret meeting around 2:00am.
| In the middle of a jute field? That sounds uncomfortable as well as unwise. |
Tota opened fire on the law enforcers, forcing them to retaliate. The gang members managed to flee the spot. Police recovered a pistol, three rounds of bullets and two sharp weapons from the spot.
Tota is an accused on twelve systems in 14 cases on various charges including murder, toll collection, and kidnapping. |