Staff Reporter :
Five persons, including three suspected robbers, were killed in separate encounters with the members of law enforcing agencies in Dhaka, Brahmanbaria and Rajbari districts on Tuesday.
In Dhaka, three suspected robbers were killed in a shootout with the members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in Dhamrai upazila of Dhaka around 4:00pm.
Some arms, including pistol and machete, were recovered from the spot, said Abu Sayeed Al Mamun, Officer-in-Charge (Investigation) of Dhamrai Police Station quoting the elite force.
RAB launched the drive receiving secret information that some 10-12 armed persons were staying in Kelia area of Dhamrai to commit robbery, he said.
Sensing presence of the law enforcers, they opened fire. RAB fired back in retaliation, leaving three of them dead, added the OC.
In Brahmanbaria, a suspected mugger was killed in a “gunfight” with police early in the morning, hours after he was arrested in Akhaura Upazila.
The deceased was identified as Khokon Sutradhar, 30, said Mosarraf Hossain Tarafder, Officer-in-charge (OC) of Akhaura Police Station.
Khokon was caught by an angry mob when he was trying to snatch Tk 18 lakh from a representative of British-American Tobacco Company near Janata Bank at Lal Bazar of Akhaura on Monday noon, the police official said.
Based on information given by Khokon, a police team with Khokon went near to the Titas Railway Bridge around 2:45am to recover firearms and capture his accomplices.
Sensing the police presence, Khokon’s cohorts started firing at the police. In reply, police also fired that triggered the “gunfight”.
At one stage, police found bullet-hit body of Khokon lying on the spot, but all of his cohorts managed to flee the scene, the OC said.
In Rajbari, an alleged member of an outlawed party was killed in a ‘shootout’ between police and his cohorts in Sadar Upazila of Rajbari in the wee hours of Tuesday.
The deceased was identified as Saidur Rahman, 32, said Asma Siddika Mili, Superintendent of Police (SP) in Rajbari.
“Acting on a tip-off, a team of Detective Branch of police started crackdown when a group of outlaws was holding a clandestine meeting in Joukura Ferry ghat area in the Upazila. During the drive, the outlaws showered bullets on the law enforcers, triggering the “gunfight”,” she said.
Saidur was found dead on the spot after the gunfight.
Saidur was accused in seven cases including two murder cases, the SP said.
