Staff Reporter :
A man was killed in a ‘gunfight’ with police in the city’s Khilgaon area during the small hours of Tuesday.
The deceased is yet to be identified, but it is suspected that he was an activist of the outlawed Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), claimed police.
The shooting incident took place near the railway lines, at a short distance from a private hospital, between the Malibagh and the Khilgaon level crossings, said Khilgaon Police Station Sub-Inspector Rayhanul Islam.
“The deceased was injured in an exchange of fire between a group of JMB men and a Detective Branch (DB) team. He was rushed to the Dhaka Medical College and Hospital where doctors declared him dead,” said the police officer.
A pistol, three bullets, three hand grenades and some explosives were recovered from the spot, he claimed.
DB Deputy Commissioner Mashruqur Rahman said that their team went to the spot after getting information that some JMB operatives had gathered there.
“When the DB team reached there, the militants opened fire, triggering a gunfight. The youth was injured as a result of shooting,” the police official said.
The body had been kept at the DMCH morgue, he said.
