Two killed in 'crossfire'A cadre of an outlawed party and a top criminal were killed in incidents of "crossfire" during shootouts between their accomplices and the law enforcers in Kushtia and Comilla early yesterday.
Our Kushtia Correspondent reported that detectives arrested Abdul Momin of Gono Mukti Fouj (GMF) at Nawapara village under Sadar upazila of Meherpur Tuesday morning. On his confession,
| "Aaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!" |
| The magic hour |
to arrest his accomplices and seize hidden firearms.
When they reached near Lahinipara old graveyard,
| Good choice, dead men tell no tales |
| "Open reckless wildly inaccurate fire!" |
| Just as planned |
| "Feet don't...KAPOW!...urp..rosebud..." |
Son of Khabir Uddin of Kalishangkarpur area of Kushtia town, Momin was an accused in 15 cases including seven for murder, police said.
In Comilla, a top criminal of the district was killed during a "shootout" between his cohorts and police at Salmanpur under Comilla Sadar (South) upazila, according to our correspondent. Police arrested Alamgir Hossain alias 'Dakat' Alamgir, 35, at Barapara village under the upazila Tuesday noon.
On his confessional statement, a police team along with Alamgir reached Salmanpur hill at about 2:20am yesterday to arrest his cohorts and recover firearms.
| Same old story, same old results |
| Only the names have been changed to protect the death squad |
| "He's dead, Jim" |
Police seized one single barrel gun, four bullets and one dagger from the scene. Alamgir was wanted in six criminal cases filed with different police stations of the district, police said.
One killed in bomb attack in Chuadanga
A man was killed and his associate sustained serious injuries in bomb attack at Munshiganj bazar in Alamdanga upazila Tuesday night. The deceased was identified as Asaduzzaman Asad, 50, inhabitant of Jehala village in the same upazila.
Miscreants hurled two powerful bombs at Asad and his co-villager Qutubuddin when they were taking tea at a shop at Madan Babu crossing at about 9:30pm. Asad died on the spot. Qutub whose left leg and left hand blown off in the blast was taken to the Sadar Hospital in critical condition.
Meanwhile, one Rahul Raj, on behalf of Purba Banglar Communist Party (Janajuddah faction), in a call over telephone to a local newspaper claimed that the faction was responsible for the bomb attack. He said the attack was carried out to punish the two men as they used to extort toll money in the name of Janajuddah and work as police informers.
| "Yeah, we bombed them dirty stoolies! And proud of it, we are."" |
