Staff Reporter :Three persons were killed in separate ‘gunfights’ with the law-enforcers in Dhaka, Khulna and Jhenaidah on Friday. They have been identified as Liton alias Kutta Liton, 35, Anwarul Islam, 45, and Shahidul Islam Pocha.Liton was killed in Dhaka at Kadamtali thana. He was wanted in at least 10 cases, RAB sources said.Receiving in information, a team of RAB raided the area to arrest a gang of drug peddlers. As the RAB personnel approached the area around 4:15am, the drug peddlers opened fire on them triggering a gunfight, RAB-10 Crime Prevention Company-1 Commander Sheikh Zillur Rahman said.When gunfight was over, the battalion found the bullet-hit body of Liton. A pistol, one bullet, a magazine, 510 pieces of Yaba tablets, 28 ampoules of tranquilizing drugs, and Tk 8,210 in cash were recovered.An alleged ringleader of a robber gang was killed in a gunfight with police at Koyra. The deceased identified as Anwarul Islam, 45, hailed from village Maharajpur of Koyra upazila. Police said that he was the chief of Anwarul Bahini, a notorious gang in the Sundarbans.The Koyra OC Shamsher Ali said that they arrested Anwarul from near his residence at Maharajpur around 10:00 pm on Thursday last.Later, according to his statement, a team of police launched a drive at the southern side of the River Khorkhoria to recover firearms and to arrest his cohorts, he said.Sensing the presence of police, the robbers fired on them around 4:30 am and police also retaliated. After the gunfight, police found bullet-wounded body of Anwarul, and recovered a local made gun, five rounds of bullets, and two machetes from the spot.Anwarul was accused in at least 10 cases, including one for murder and six for robbery, the officer-in-charge added.Our Jhenaidah Correspondent reports, a terrorist, wanted in 11 cases including killing, looting and robbery, was killed and two personnel of the Rapid Action Battalion sustained at Falsi village under Harinakundu upazila of the district on early Friday.The law enforcers recovered fire arms and ammunition from the possession of the deceased. The deceased was identified as Shahidul Islam Pacha, son of Torab Ali of Pardakhalpur of the upazila.RAB-6 Company Commander Manir Ahmed said, they were informed that a gang of miscreants were staying at Falsi village for committing heinous activities in the area. When the law enforcers rushed to the spot in the morning, the terrorists started firing targeting the law men triggering a clash. Shahidul Islam Pacha was found dead on the spot, while the accomplices managed to flee. Later the RAB men recovered a shutter gun and two rounds of ammunitions from their possession. Injured RAB men were give first aid locally.Harinakundu OC Mahtab Uddin said, Pacha was wanted in 11 cases, including killing, looting, robbery in Harinakundu and other surrounding police stations of Jhenaidah, Kushtia and Chuadanga districts.
