 Two suspected outlaws killed in crossfire with RAB in Pabna
Pabna, Aug 15:âTwo suspected leaders of an outlawed party were killed in a shootout between RAB and their associates near Mougachi bazar in Mohonpur upazila of Rajshahi district early on Monday, says UNB. They are Firoz Mollik, 35, and Bablu Kha, 32, hailed from Faridpur upazila of Pabna district.
Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) sources said that, acting on a secret information, the two leaders of Purbo Banglar Communist Party (ML- Lal Potaka) were arrested from Baroipara area in Kaliakoir upazila of Gazipur district on Sunday night. | "Evening Firoz, Bablu. Beautiful night, ain't it. How about you come with us to the station for a little talk? Help him up, Private, I can't hear him with his face in the dirt like that." |
âThey were taken to Rajshahi RAB headquarters for interrogation where they gave a lot of information about their associates,â said one official of the elite force. | Between bouts of sobbing in pain |
Following their confessions, the two were being taken to Manda upazila of Nogaon district at 00:15am in hunt for their party-men. | O-dark fifteen is a wonderful time to look for a party |
Near Mougachi bazar on the way, their associates opened fire, forcing the RAB members to fire back, said the RAB sources. | "It's the RAB! We're doomed! Open fire!" |
âAs Bablu and Firoz tried to flee during the gunfight, they were hit by bullets. | "Ouchouchouch........rosebud!" |
When they were taken to Mohonpur upazila health complex, doctors there declared them dead,â says the official version of the encounter. RAB seized one shutter gun, one bullet, 66 bottles of phensidyl, and two sharp weapons from the scene. | Just the thing for a night on the town in old Nogaon |
Firoz and Bablu were wanted in about 20 cases, including eight murders, sources here said. | Give or take a few false charges |
Murder bid Youth waiting to fly for S Arabia escaped
A young man brought in Dhaka on false promise of sending to Saudi Arabia narrowly escaped being slaughtered by a manpower agent in a city hotel early on Monday, says UNB. Police said Sumon, 20, son of Kader Mia of Pakuria village in Moulvibazar district, was rescued by the staff of Ali International Hotel at Uttara from the clutches of his kin-turned-manpower-agent Azad. | So he was related to the guy who wanted to slit his throat? How charming |
âAzad received Tk 2 lakh with a promise to send Sumon to Saudi Arabia on August 13 and brought him to Dhaka,â his family said. This morning, the manpower agent allegedly tried to slaughter Sumon in a room of the hotel at one stage of scuffles created over delays in flight. | I'd had my flights delayed lots of times and have yet to kill anyone over it. Oh, I've thought about it, but.... |
âHearing cries for help, hotel staff rushed in and rescued Sumon with his half-slit neck. They also held Azad red-handed,â says a firsthand account of the incident. | That would be the blood... |
Sumon was rushed to a local clinic and then shifted to Dhaka Medical College Hospital. Azad was handed over to police.
Ahmadiyya woman hurt in cocktail blast
Aug 15: A middle-aged woman of Ahmadiyya sect suffered severe wounds in a cocktail blast at her house in the town early in the morning today.
| Ok, I've drunk a few Depth Charges in my day, but none of them have wounded me. It just felt like it the next day. |
Police said Hossena Begum of Bhadogarh was going to the latrine close to her house at about 6:00am when the cocktail exploded. | Well, yeah, that's happened to me... |
Police rushed to the spot and recovered two other live cocktails from the yard of the house. | "Keep back, that drink may go off at any time!" |
Hossena Begum was rushed to the local hospital.
3 absconders arrested in Chittagong
Aug 15: Police arrested four persons including three absconders in the port city. Kotwali thana police arrested one terrorist named Md Gafur (35) from KC Dey Road with the help of the local people. Police also recovered one Legar Gun (LG) and one round of cartridge. | We really need a copy of "Guns of Bangladesh". |
Police said Md Gafur is involved in snatching. Besides, Panchlaish thana police arrested one absconder convict named as Nurul Afsar (35) from East Suabil area under Fatickchari thana yesterday. Khulsi thana police and Bandar thana police arrested two absconders named Md Abul Kalam (40) and Md Delwar Hossain (35) yesterday |