Staff Reporter :
Five suspected robbers were killed in reported gunfights with the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) and Police in Khulna and Habiganj districts on Tuesday.
In Khulna, four pirates were killed in a gunfight with RAB-6 members in Koyra upazila near Sundarbans.
The deceased are: Aminur, Rafik, Akhtarul and Shonish Saha. RAB also recovered huge cache of firearms and ammunitions from the area, RAB-6 Commanding Officer (CO)
Lt Col Syed Mohammad Nurus Saleheen Yusuf said while confirming the incident on Tuesday morning.
“During the shootout, Aminur and his three men were killed. Six of our RAB officers were also injured,” the RAB official said.
Meanwhile, another suspected robber has been killed in a gunfight with police at Shaistaganj.
The deceased is Kudrat Ali, 40, of Nizampur union in Habiganj Sadar upazila.
“We received a tip-off that some 10 to 12 criminals were preparing to commit robbery at Purashudha area on the Dhaka-Sylhet highway,” Shaistaganj police station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Mozammel Haque said while confirming the incident on Tuesday morning. Later, a team from the Detective Branch (DB) of Police raided the area and the robbers opened fire on law enforcers, triggering a gunfight.
Kudrat Ali was caught in the gunfight while his associates managed to flee the scene. Four police men, including a Sub-Inspector, were also injured in the incident.
“Kudrat Ali was a listed criminal and had 13 criminal cases against him,” the OC added.
Five suspected robbers were killed in reported gunfights with the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) and Police in Khulna and Habiganj districts on Tuesday.
In Khulna, four pirates were killed in a gunfight with RAB-6 members in Koyra upazila near Sundarbans.
The deceased are: Aminur, Rafik, Akhtarul and Shonish Saha. RAB also recovered huge cache of firearms and ammunitions from the area, RAB-6 Commanding Officer (CO)
Lt Col Syed Mohammad Nurus Saleheen Yusuf said while confirming the incident on Tuesday morning.
“During the shootout, Aminur and his three men were killed. Six of our RAB officers were also injured,” the RAB official said.
Meanwhile, another suspected robber has been killed in a gunfight with police at Shaistaganj.
The deceased is Kudrat Ali, 40, of Nizampur union in Habiganj Sadar upazila.
“We received a tip-off that some 10 to 12 criminals were preparing to commit robbery at Purashudha area on the Dhaka-Sylhet highway,” Shaistaganj police station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Mozammel Haque said while confirming the incident on Tuesday morning. Later, a team from the Detective Branch (DB) of Police raided the area and the robbers opened fire on law enforcers, triggering a gunfight.
Kudrat Ali was caught in the gunfight while his associates managed to flee the scene. Four police men, including a Sub-Inspector, were also injured in the incident.
“Kudrat Ali was a listed criminal and had 13 criminal cases against him,” the OC added.
