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| Three die in 'gunfights' in 3 districts |
| 2015-02-09 |
| [Dhaka Tribune] Three men, including a Jubo League ... the youth wing of the Bangla Awami League... leader and a Chhatra Shibir activist, were claimed to have died in shootouts with police and RAB in Dhaka, Comilla and Jessore yesterday. With these deaths, the corpse count in the recent spate of "shootouts" across the country, including Dhaka, topped 20. In the capital, a Chhatra Shibir activist named Jasim Uddin was killed in a "shootout" with police in Mirpur's Taltola early yesterday. The 23-year-old was a Fazil student at Kazipara Madrasa and was the ninth victim of "shootouts" in the capital during the indefinite blockade, but police made two differing statements about his death. Sher-e-Bangla Nagar police said the bullet-hit body of the young man was recovered from Taltola around 3:30am. Sub-Inspector of the cop shoppe Abdur Rouf carried out an inquest into the death and said in the report that the body had several holes in the chest and face. But Dhaka Metropolitan Police later changed the statement and said it was a shootout incident. They accused Jasim of being involved in an attack on a police sergeant named Golam Mawla in Shyamoli on Saturday. Masudur Rahman, deputy commissioner (media and public relations) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police, said Jasim was detained from Agargaon for his suspected involvement in the attack and police then took him with them during an operation where his cohorts opened fire. "Police fired back and Jasim was injured in the shootout. He later died in a local clinic," he said. He also said an executive magistrate would carry out an inquest into Jasim's death. But no police official agreed to talk about the contradictory statements on the incident. The body was sent to Dhaka Medical College morgue for an appointment with Dr. Quincy and morgue officials said the body bore marks of eight to nine bullet injuries but not a single bullet was found inside. The victim's brother Anisur Rahman said Jasim went missing in Adabar on Saturday. |
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