Three suspected robbers were killed in separate ‘gunfights’ with police in different areas of the country on Sunday.
They have been identified as Kazol Mia, Rabiul Islam and Anwar Hossain.
The shootouts on Sunday morning occurred in Khulna, Brahmanbaria’s Nabinagar and Ashulia, on the outskirts of the capital.
Police and experts said, the law enforcers are in alert position ahead of Eid. The killing of the bandits is the sign of the alertness of them.
Police in Khulna, Brahmanbaria and Dhaka described the incidents as encounters between robbers and police patrols.
In Khulna, an alleged rigleader of a pirate gang was killed at Tiyakhal, adjacent to the Sonamukhi river in Koyra upazila early Sunday.
The deceased was identified as Rabiul Islam, 24, son of late Ruhul Amin, an inhabitant of Mohoratpur village of the upazila.
Sheikh Shamsur Ali, Officer-in-Charge of Koyra Police Station, said that on secret information, a team of police arrested Rabiul from Rathghat area of the upazila on Saturday afternoon.
After gleaning information from Rabiul, police conducted another drive in Tiyakhal area around 11pm along with him to recover firearms.
When they reached the spot around 4am, accomplices of Rabiul attacked police and opened fire on them, which left Rabiul dead on the spot.
Police also recovered eight firems, several bullets and two machetes from the spot.
The OC added that Rabiul was accused in eight cases, including robbery and abductions.
In Brahmanbaria, Nabinagar police said that 35-year-old Kazol Mia, who was wanted in several robbery cases, died when a police patrol team intervened and prevented an attempt to rob.
Imtiaz Ahmed, the Officer-in-Charge of Nabinagar police station said, “The robbers opened fire forcing the police to retaliate. Kazol Mia was caught in the fire line.”
He said a locally made firearm, two rounds of ammunitions and four machetes were recovered from the spot.
In Dhaka’s Ashulia, a suspected robber was killed at Srikhandalia of Ashulia early Sunday. The deceased was identified as Anwar Hossain.
Officer-in-Charge of Ashulia Police Station, Mohsinul Qadir said, a team of police conducted a drive there around 4.30am after getting secret information that a gang of robbers was preparing to commit robbery in the area.
“Sensing presence of police, the robbers opened fire on the law enforcers, prompting them to retaliate, triggering a gunfight that left Anwar dead.”
Police recovered the body after the robbers have fled, he added.
The law enforcers also recovered one foreign-made pistol, three other country-made firearms, six bullet shells and three rounds of bullets from the spot.
