Staff Reporter :
Sabbir Hossain Nayan alias Nayan Bond, one of the two attackers who hacked Barguna youth Rifat Sharif to death in front of his wife in broad daylight, was killed in “gunfight” with law enforcers near the Payra River in Barguna Sadar upazila early Tuesday.
Four policemen, including Additional Superintendent of Police (SP) Shajahan Mia, who led the drive, were injured in the incident.
Police also recovered three sharp weapons, one pistol and three bullets from the spot, Police said.
A team of Barguna Sadar Police Station conducted a drive to arrest Nayan at Purbo Burirchar near Purkata ferry ghat area around 4:15am, said Abir Hossain Mohammad, Officer-in-Charge of Barguna Sadar Police Station.
The policemen came under attack of the gang of Nayan when the lawmen reached the area, the OC said, adding that, in response, police fired back to protect themselves, triggering the “gunfight”.
The body of Nayan was found after the “gunfight”, the police official said.
Four policemen were injured in the incident. Two of them were sent to Barishal Sher-e-Bangla Medical College and Hospital as their conditions were stated to be critical, he added.
While stating about the death of Nayan, the prime accused in Rifat Sharif murder case, in a gunfight with police, Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Tuesday said that law enforcers exchanged fire in ‘self-defence’.
“All involved in the gruesome murder will be brought to book no matter how influential the persons are. Those involved in injustice, are to be brought to justice,” he said.
The Minister was talking to journalists after attending a discussion at the CIRDAP auditorium in Dhaka on Tuesday morning.
He said, law enforcers have been searching for Sabbir Ahmed Nayan alias Nayan Bond for last few days.
“When police tried to nab him, Nayan brandished firearms. For that, they exchanged fire in self defence that left Nayan dead,” the Home boss clarified.
While talking to the correspondent, Rifat Sharif’s wife Ayesha Siddika Minni expressed satisfaction at the death of Nayan and said she was grateful to the government and law enforcers.
She said, she believes the other perpetrators will be arrested and punished in due time.
