An Ansar member was killed and nine others, including the Executive Magistrate, received injuries when a ‘shootout’ took place between the mobile court and drug peddlers at Badarpur Khanabari in Phulgazi Upazila of Feni district on Wednesday night.
The victim has been identified as Mir Naoshad Ali, 40, a lance nayek of Bangladesh Ansar and Village Defence Party (VDP).
The injured were admitted to a local hospital, police said.
Feni Additional Police Superintendent Kazi Moniruzzaman said, “The incident took place when a team of Ansar and police led by Executive Magistrate Sohel Rana conducted an anti-narcotics drive in the area around 11:00 on Wednesday night.”
Naoshad died on the spot after he was hit by a bullet around 11:30 pm and others people were injured as chopped by the alleged drug peddlers during the clash, the police official said.
The criminals also abducted a police informant, Sumon, and took away the firearms of the dead Ansar member, he said.
Later, the district administration informed the matter to Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) and Border Security Force (BSF) of India as the clash occurred at Badarpur, near the India-Bangladesh border, added the police official.
