An accused in a case filed over the gun attack on a senior police officer was killed in a reported gunfight between detectives and criminals in Jurain graveyard area of the city early Tuesday.
The detectives recovered two pistols, two magazines and a bullet from the spot after the gun battle that also left three members of Detective Branch of police injured.
The deceased, aged around 30, could not be identified yet. Senior Assistant Commissioner (AC) (DB, West Zonal Team) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police Md Shahadat Hossain said his team arrested Delwar Hossain Shanta, an accused in the case filed with Shyampur Police Station over the gun attack on DB AC Rahul Patwari, from Jatrabari area on Monday night.
According to his statement, the DB team conducted a drive near Gate-2of Jurain graveyard around 1:40am today to arrest his cohorts, he said.
Sensing the presence of the detectives, the criminals, numbering four, opened fire on them which forced the law enforcers to retaliate, Shahadat said.
During the exchange of fire, one of the criminals sustained bullet injuries while others fled the scene, he said, adding that three DB men were also injured in the incident.
Later, the bullet-hit criminal was taken to Dhaka Medical College Hospital where doctors declared him dead around 4am, said Mahbubul Haque, sub-inspector of Shyampur Police Station.
Senior AC Rahul sustained bullet injuries as criminals fired gunshots when he along with his team members was conducting an operation against illegal firearms in Shyampur area on August 12.
