 A listed criminal was killed in ‘crossfire’ between the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) and his minions accomplices at Amin Bazar in Savar in the small hour of yesterday. The dead was identified as Nazrul Islam alias Bombay Nazrul alias 'Nazrul the Stiff' and a resident of Barodeshi village at Amin Bazar under Savar police station. He was an accused in six criminal cases including three murder cases.
| Wonder if his mother still loved him. |
| She's dead. He killed her. |
The RAB personnel also recovered an Arges hand grenade, a one-shutter gun, one pipe gun and six rounds of bullet from the spot.
| They have brand names for hand grenades? |
| I think "Arges" is Bengali for "Acme." |
Earlier a squad of the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB-4) recovered an Arges grenade from Barodeshi village, Aminbazar at Savar and arrested Amzad Hossain alias Anju, an alleged sidekick of Nazrul Islam in this connection on June 16.
| Pop the bad guy and the sidekick doesn't know what to do. |
Earlier, on January 10 this year, the RAB-4 team raided the same village and recovered another (Arges) grenade and an ivory piece.
| An ivory handled shutter gun? |
| The special presentation version, with the Koranic engraving... |
A RAB official said, the recovered grenade is similar to those recovered from capital's Kuril area under Badda Thana in November 30 last year. According to intelligence sources, the grenades used in the attacks on the Awami League rally on August 21 and British envoy to Bangladesh Anwar Choudhury last year are very similar to the recovered grenade.
| They say "Arges" on the spoon; that's how they know. |
RAB sources said that Savar Thana police arrested Nazrul Islam from Barodeshi village at Amin Bazar in Savar on June 24.
| "Nazrul! Long time no see! Start blabbing!" |
The RAB personnel conducted a drive at Shalipur, Amin Bazar under Savar police station and recovered a grenade following "confessional statement" of Nazrul.
| "I'll talk! I'll talk! Put that down!" |
"Mahmoud, give him his testicle back!"
"Can I have my kneecap, too?"
"Don't push it, tough guy!" |
According to RAB sources, A team of RAB-4 along with Nazrul started for Amin Bazar to recover more grenades and to nab the accomplices of the criminal.
| And we all know what happens when the RAB takes a criminal on a field trip ... |
As they reached the spot the criminals opened fire on them.
| "Get your shutter guns ready, men!" |
| "The RAB's got Nazrul! Let's open indiscriminate, inaccurate fire!" |
The RAB members returned fire. Nazrul was caught in a crossfire while trying to flee from the spot.
| "Don't shoot, I'm on the spot!" |
He died on the spot.| That big red spot right there, in fact. |
But the accomplices of Nazrul managed to flee from the scene.
| "Hokay, we ran away! Who wants to be grand leader now?" |
RAB sources said, the recovered hand grenade was made by Arges group in 2001 and Gren A Pers, 2001, was inscribed on it. The olive green grenade is capable of destroying targets within 15 to 20 metres.
| Unless you've been trained to throw it by Hek or by a Pakistani, in which case, who the hell knows. |
The grenade has 4,000 to 5,000 steel balls, which act as splinter after explosion. The grenade generally explodes within four or five seconds after its pin is pulled off.
| Yes sir Senator, grenades'll do that, whether you want them to or not. |
The country of its origin could not be known.
| It's an Arges. Did they check the Targé? |
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