Three outlaws belonging to two rival extremists' organizations active in the region were killed in armed clashes over maintaining supremacy at Ataikula and Faridpur here Saturday night, police said. The dead were identified as Abdus Salam, 45, of Ataikula thana, Nazrul, 35, of Faridpur upazila and Naser alias Nashu, 30, of Chatmohar upazila of the district.
Police said a gunfight took place between members of
| Hummm, I do believe exactly the same thing happened last week. Guess this is the alternative to "crossfire". |
During the gunfight, Nazrul and Naser sustained bullet injuries and died on way to Pabna General Hospital. Police said the two were accused in 11 cases, including murders. Eight policemen, including officer-in-charge of Faridpur thana Prajit Kumar, were also injured in the hour-long gunfight. Police recovered three local made guns, seven bullets, two empty bullets and four lethal weapons from the scene.
On the other hand, a team of police from Ataikula thana arrested Abdus Salam, a listed terrorist, from Lakshmipur village here last night. Following information extracted from him, police took him to Koijuri graveyard in the locality to retrieve illegal firearms and ammunition......
| Dark, deserted graveyard, cops looking to recover hidden arms, cohorts lurking in the shadows, handcuffed suspect franticly looking for a way out..then a shot rang out! |
Barisal Rab nabs three 'criminals'
Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested alleged criminals Kalu Khan and Sobhan Khan from Nayakandi Loharpole area in the city on Friday and handed over them to police after primary interrogation. Barisal Kotwali police said there are four cases against Kalu and 13 including three murder cases against Sobhan.
Sobhan is a fourth class employee of Begum Tofazzal Hossain Manik Mia Mohila College. Police said they were involved with the notorious gang in the city, led earlier by Tera Shahjahan. Later Tera Shahjahan was killed by rivals.
In another haul, police nabbed Kawsar Ahmed from Islam Para area in Sagordi with six kilograms of hemp on Saturday from the house of drug lord Sultan. But Sultan escaped. During preliminary interrogation, Kawsar confessed that he was a resident of Kushtia district and supplied narcotics to Sultan-Shahjahan gang.
Two more JMJB men held
Police yesterday morning arrested two more operatives of Jagrata Muslim Janata Bangladesh (JMJB) in Bagmara upazila. Acting on information coughed up by a group of JMJB men arrested earlier, police nabbed Abu Zafar Sardar, 28, and Masud Hasan, 28, at their homes in Ramrama village. They were shown arrested in a case for an assault on police on January 24.
Police said they have squeezed out many important information from the JMJB Bagmara chief Abdus Sattar Master and 24 other JMJB men while they were on a nine-day remand and are now scrutinising and verifying those.
| And when they say "squeezed out", they mean it. |
Meanwhile, Forman Ali, the leader of the 12 Islamist militants arrested in Natore, told police that a middle aged bearded man named Abdul Quaiyum used to be Natore regional leader of Jama'atul Mujahidin Bangladesh (JMB). But Ali could not give any more details about Quaiyum and said he used to meet them only when he thought it to be necessary.
| Ah yes, a mysterious bearded man in the shadows. Tell me, was he wearing a turban and speaking with a saudi accent? |
"Our party (JMB) is active in almost all areas in Natore and we do nothing but study the holy Qur'an and Hadith and call people to
Ali also told police that they hate NGOs, as "they are spoiling our women and plotting to control our country. We should all resist them."
| "Them furriners come sniffing after out wimmen folk, plotting to steal our...., er, stuff. We must kill em all!" |