Staff Reporter :Two suspected leaders of the banned Jamaat-ul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) were killed in ‘shootout’ with the police in Sherpur Upazila of Bogra district on Monday morning.The deceased have been identified as Khalid Hasan alias Badar Mama, 30, Commander of Militancy Wing of Northern Region of the JMB and from Chapainawabganj, and Ripon Mia, 25, associate of JMB from Rajshahi, police said.Gaziur Rahman, Senior Assistant Police Super (ASP) of Bogra said, “The law enforcers raided Bishapul Noylapara intersection at Sherpur upazila based on information. Sensing the presence of the police, militants started firing triggering gun battle at 4:00am. At one stage, two persons were injured and they were taken to Shaheed Ziaur Rahman Medical College and Hospital at Bogra town where the on-duty doctors declared them dead.”They also recovered a gun, four rounds of bullets, a magazine, and grenades making materials from the spot, the police official said. He also said that, Khalid was involved with attack on the Kantajew Temple in Kaharol upazila of Dinajpur district while Ripon was involved with killing of Rajshahi University Professor AFM Rezaul Karim Siddique.The body was kept at Shaheed Ziaur Rahman Medical College and Hospital morgue, he added.
