An alleged top-ranking extremist was killed in a so-called gun battle with the police early on Saturday, police said. "He will be missed!"
"He will?"
"Well, I'll miss him!"
"I'm sure you will, Mother Sarder."
Abu Sayeed Sarder alias Ranga Sayeed, 45, a leader of the banned New Biplobi Communist Party (red flag) 'red flag', was the latest casualty in the ongoing crackdown on outlawed extremists in the country's south and south-western districts.
"Greetings, New Biplobi comrades!"
"Greetings, Your Enormity!"
Superintendent of police of Khulna Mohammad Shamsuddin told bdnews24.com, tipped-off that a gang of terrorists had assembled for a secret meeting at Aamvita High School ground, a special team of police raided the spot.
"Hark! My spider sense is tingling!"
"Where's my shutter gun?"
"Where'dja put the round of bullet, dammit?"
"The miscreants opened fire on the police and the law-enforcers retaliated, ensuing a gun battle," Shamsuddin said.
"Ready on the left?"
"Ready!"
"Ready on the right?"
"Ready!"
"Fire!"
[BANG! BANG! BANGETY BANG!]
"Aaaaiiiieeee!"
[thud]
Sayeed was found shot after the gun battle,
"What's this?"
"Looks like a corpse, sir!"
"Got him right behind the ear! Good shootin', Sergeant Sergeant Rafiq!"
while his accomplices fled the scene after a while,
"Hey! Where'd they go?"
"Where'd who go?"
the SP added. He was taken to Dumuria health complex, where the duty doctor declared him dead.
"He's dead, Jim!"
Police retrieved a shotgun and three round bullets from the spot.
"A shotgun, is it?"
"Yessir. And three rounds of bullet!"
"What caliber?"
".22, .32, and... ummm... .42, I think."
He faced one murder, one extortion, and one explosives case while many complaints were filed against him with the police, Shamsuddin added.
"He war a bad 'un, he war!"
"My baby! He's... he's... he's titzup! I'll never hear his snarl again!"
State minister for home Shamsul Islam Tuku said the militants have been asked to surrender or the drive against them would be intensified further.
"Youse guyz better surrender, or youse'll get the same!"
Human-rights organisations have been urging the government to stop such 'extra judicial killings'.
"Tut tut!"
"Yeah! Tut!"
A total of 97 people died in "shootouts" and in custody of law-enforcing agencies until Sep 30 from Jan 1 this year, said independent human-rights watchdog Odhikar said last Thursday. Home minister Sahara Khatun, however, claimed that no extra-judicial killings were being committed by the law-enforcers.
"No, no! Certainly not!"