Staff Reporter :
Three persons were killed in alleged gunfights in three separate incidents in Tangail, Bogura and Jashore early Friday.
The deceased were Putu Sarkar, 45, brother of suspended Bogura Sramik League leader Tufan Sarkar, Afzal, 35, from Tangail, and Ratan, 27, from Jashore.
In Bogura, Putu Sarkar was killed in what police called a gunfight between two rival drug trading groups near Malatinagar Bhatkandi Bridge of the
district town around 3:00am, said Superintendent of Police (SP) in Bogura Ali Ashraf Bhuiyan.
Putu Sarkar was the brother of Tufan Sarkar and accused in five cases, the police official said.
Tufan, suspended Bogura unit convener of ruling Awami League’s workers front Sramik League (SL), came to talks for shaving the heads of a female student and her mother after he raped the girl. Hearing that two groups of drug traders were locked in a gunfight near Malatinagar Bhatkandi Bridge, a team of police went to the spot, the SP claimed.
Sensing the presence of police, the drug traders opened firing at them, which led the policemen to fire back triggering the gunfight, he added.
The patrolling team of police recovered the bullet-hit body of Putu Sarkar after the gunfight ended, Ali Ashraf Bhuiyan said.
Police said they had seized 500 pieces of yaba tablets, two firearms and eight rounds of bullet from the scene.
In Tangail, a suspected drug peddler was killed in a reported gunfight with Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in Beguntal of Sadar upazila. Deceased Afzal, 35, was a top listed drug trader, RAB said. Meanwhile, police recovered the bullet-hit body of a young man from Koyarpara of Chougaccha upazila of Jashore district early Friday.
The deceased Ratan, 27, was the son of Abu Bakkar of Digholsingha village of the upazila, said Chougaccha Police Station OC Khondaker Shamim Uddin.
Acting on a tip-off that two groups of ‘criminals’ were exchanging bullets, a team of police went to the spot around 2:30am and found Ratan’s body lying on the road.
The police officer said then the law enforcement sent the body to the Jashore General Hospital Morgue for autopsy.
Police also recovered one shutter gun, two bullets, 200 pieces of Yaba tablets from the spot. Ratan was also wanted in several cases including that of police assault case, according to the police.
Ratan’s father Abu Bakkar said Ratan went out of the home on Thursday afternoon, but he didn’t return home ever since and his phone was switched off.
He said he received a phone call from the hospital and was informed that there was a dead body of a youth like that of Ratan.
Ratan’s father claimed that the members of law enforcement killed his son in a stage-managed gunfight in cool head as Ratan was involved in the politics of opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP).
He, however, said his son used to do the peddling of drugs in the past, but not now. “He quitted drug peddling two to three years ago,” said Abu Bakkar.
Three persons were killed in alleged gunfights in three separate incidents in Tangail, Bogura and Jashore early Friday.
The deceased were Putu Sarkar, 45, brother of suspended Bogura Sramik League leader Tufan Sarkar, Afzal, 35, from Tangail, and Ratan, 27, from Jashore.
In Bogura, Putu Sarkar was killed in what police called a gunfight between two rival drug trading groups near Malatinagar Bhatkandi Bridge of the
district town around 3:00am, said Superintendent of Police (SP) in Bogura Ali Ashraf Bhuiyan.
Putu Sarkar was the brother of Tufan Sarkar and accused in five cases, the police official said.
Tufan, suspended Bogura unit convener of ruling Awami League’s workers front Sramik League (SL), came to talks for shaving the heads of a female student and her mother after he raped the girl. Hearing that two groups of drug traders were locked in a gunfight near Malatinagar Bhatkandi Bridge, a team of police went to the spot, the SP claimed.
Sensing the presence of police, the drug traders opened firing at them, which led the policemen to fire back triggering the gunfight, he added.
The patrolling team of police recovered the bullet-hit body of Putu Sarkar after the gunfight ended, Ali Ashraf Bhuiyan said.
Police said they had seized 500 pieces of yaba tablets, two firearms and eight rounds of bullet from the scene.
In Tangail, a suspected drug peddler was killed in a reported gunfight with Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in Beguntal of Sadar upazila. Deceased Afzal, 35, was a top listed drug trader, RAB said. Meanwhile, police recovered the bullet-hit body of a young man from Koyarpara of Chougaccha upazila of Jashore district early Friday.
The deceased Ratan, 27, was the son of Abu Bakkar of Digholsingha village of the upazila, said Chougaccha Police Station OC Khondaker Shamim Uddin.
Acting on a tip-off that two groups of ‘criminals’ were exchanging bullets, a team of police went to the spot around 2:30am and found Ratan’s body lying on the road.
The police officer said then the law enforcement sent the body to the Jashore General Hospital Morgue for autopsy.
Police also recovered one shutter gun, two bullets, 200 pieces of Yaba tablets from the spot. Ratan was also wanted in several cases including that of police assault case, according to the police.
Ratan’s father Abu Bakkar said Ratan went out of the home on Thursday afternoon, but he didn’t return home ever since and his phone was switched off.
He said he received a phone call from the hospital and was informed that there was a dead body of a youth like that of Ratan.
Ratan’s father claimed that the members of law enforcement killed his son in a stage-managed gunfight in cool head as Ratan was involved in the politics of opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP).
He, however, said his son used to do the peddling of drugs in the past, but not now. “He quitted drug peddling two to three years ago,” said Abu Bakkar.
