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| 2 Barisal BNP men killed in gunfight |
| 2015-02-22 |
| [Dhaka Tribune] A Jubo Dal activist and a Chhatra Dal activist were claimed to have died in a shootout with police in Barisal yesterday. Kabir Mollah, 32, son of Hossain Mollah, and Tipu Hawladar, 30, son of Matiur Rahman Hawladar of Nagarbari village, died in the shootout in Bitharnagar of Agailjhara upazila around 2:15am, said Md Monirul Islam, officer-in-charge of Agailjhara cop shoppe. Kabir was a Jubo Dal activist in Agailjhara upazila while Tipu was sports secretary of the upazila's Chhatra Dal unit. Tipu was also a student of Shaheed Abdur Rob Serniabat Degree College. The two were incarcerated ... anything you say can and will be used against you, whether you say it or not... from Ashulia and Keraniganj before being taken to Agailjhara on Friday afternoon. Police then took them along to an operation aimed at arresting their associates at night. But the cohorts of Kabir and Tipu attacked police at Bitharnagar in a bid to snatch the two activists which triggered the shootout, said OC Monirul. "The two men died during the shootout," he added. The bodies were sent to Barisal Sher-e-Bangla Medical College Hospital yesterday morning. Police also recovered five petrol bombs and four weapons from the scene, said Monirul. He said Assistant Sub Inspector Mustafizur Rahman and Constable Razu of Agailjhara cop shoppe were maimed during the shootout and were treated at the upazila health complex. Police claimed that both the men were accused in about eight cases and were on the run. The cases were filed, among other incidents, in connection with the killing of three people in an arson attack in Gaurnadi on February 7, setting ablaze a fruit-laden pick-up van on February 9, and torching a BRTC bus on February 14 in Agailjhara. The duo were also sued for stalking and torturing women. But Gaurnadi cop shoppe Officer-in-Charge Sazzad Hossain failed to confirm whether Kabir and Tipu were accused in the case lodged over the February 7 arson attack. Akon Kuddusur Rahman, district (north) president of Barisal unit of the BNP, and Ebaidul Haque Chan, district (south) president of the unit, condemned the killings. |
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