 At least four persons — three terrorists and one member of an outlawed party — were killed in separate incidents of crossfire during the last four days in Narayanganj, Sylhet and Khulna. Our correspondent from Narayanganj reports: two listed criminals — Ahad, 28, and Ebu, 29 — were killed in shootouts between the criminals and police and the elite members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) on Sunday and Friday under Narayanganj Sadar and Fatulla upazilas.
Sources concerned said a police team, acting on a tip off, nabbed fugitive Ebu from Nababpur area in the capital city on November 04.
According to his confessional statement, a police team along with criminal Ebu went out in the early hours of Sunday looking for his associates and recovering firearms. | 2AM hunt for arms caches, ALT - F5 on your newsroom keyboard |
When the police van reached Katoalerbag area under Fatulla upazila, the criminals sprayed bullets targeting the policemen in a bid to snatch Ebu from their custody.
| "Da coppers got Ebu! Open fire blindly!" |
The police also responded by firing. At one stage Ebu received bullet injuries and died on the spot.
Later, the law-enforcers recovered one shooter-gun, three cartridges, five bullets of Chinese rifle and one bullet of revolver. | Sung to the tune of "On the First Day of Christmas" |
Edu was wanted in 11 criminal cases, the sources said.
Meanwhile, another crossfire victim Ahad was caught red-handed on November 01 from a cloth shop at DIT market in the town while he was collecting illegal toll amounting to Tk 15,000 from the shop owner, sources in the RAB-10 said. | Shaking down the shop keeper for a little protection money |
Based on Ahad’s confessional statement, RAB men along with Ahad went out early Friday in a bid to recover firearms and detain his cohorts.
As the RAB team reached the ‘Barafkal’ area at around 5:50am, some unknown criminals opened fire on the elite force, which also returned the fire. Ahad received bullet wounds while trying to escape during the shootout. Bullet-injured Ahad was sent to Narayanganj 200-bed Hospital, where the attending doctor declared him dead. However, RAB recovered one pistol and 16 rounds of bullet from the spot.
Ahad was accused in 10 criminal cases, including murder and arms. He was also an associate of notorious terrorist Zakir Khan.
Our staff correspondent from Khulna reports: a regional leader of the outlawed New Biplobi Communist Party (NBCP) was killed in a ‘crossfire’ between his cohorts and the police under Batiaghata upazila on Thursday. The dead was identified as Projapoti Biswas alias Prodip Biswas, 30, of village Bolabunia under Batiaghata upazila.
He was accused in at least six cases, three of which were murder cases. The police arrested him from his village on Tuesday. According to the police sources, a gunfight took place between the outlaws and the police early Thursday when the latter along with the arrested Projapoti went to Tengramari cremation ghat area in search of hidden arms and his accomplices. Earlier, Projapoti Biswas disclosed to the police during interrogation that the arms had been kept hidden at their hideout at the cremation ghat area, sources concerned said. At one stage of the gunfight, Projapoti tried to escape from the scene but was hit by bullets resulting in his death on the spot. | "Feet, don' ....BANG!...urp...rosebud...." |
The police recovered one sawed-off gun, five rounds of ammunition, one Chinese axe and one air-gun. ASI Taher and constable Fariduddin were also injured in the incident, the police said.
In Sylhet, an alleged terrorist was killed in a shootout between his cohorts and members of the RAB in the city’s Pathantula area early Saturday, reports UNB. The deceased was identified as M Touhid Ahmed Shebul, 20, son of Babul Miah alias Mojnu Miah of the city’s Badambagicha area. Sources in the RAB said they arrested Shebul from the city’s Jindabazar area at about 8:00pm on Friday. After his confessional statement, RAB members took him to Pathantuli to recover hidden arms and arrest his accomplices.
"When RAB men reached the area with Shebul, the armed cohorts of Shebul opened fire on the RAB members forcing them to fire back. Shebul was caught in the crossfire while he tried to flee from the scene," one of the sources said. | It's like they don't even care if you believe them or not |
Seriously injured Shebul succumbed to his injuries at Sylhet Osmani Medical College Hospital. | "....rose....wheeze....bud....." |
Shebul was wanted by police in nine cases, including murder, the sources said. One revolver and two rounds of bullet were also recovered from the scene. |