Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) shot three alleged robbers at Mugda in the city in the wee hours of today.The three are undergoing treatment at Dhaka Medical College Hospital. Hospital sources said they are Humayun Kabir, 35, Atikur Rahman, 35, and Lokman, 30. They were all shot in the leg.
"A little higher next time, Sergeant Rafiq!"
"Sorry, sir! My new glasses aren't in yet!"
An official of Rab-3 said a group of molom party (robbers who neutralise their victims by rubbing an ointment on their eyes that makes them water) were preparing to snatch people around 12:15am. Spider senses tingling at the proximity of a Rab patrol team, the gang opened fire, forcing the team to retaliate, the official said.
The three got shot while a few of them managed to flee the scene.
... as though they had never been...