Staff Reporter :
An unidentified man, aged 34, was killed in a ‘gunfight’ with the members of Detective Branch (DB) police in the city’s Motijheel area early Monday.
Masudur Rahman, Deputy Commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) said that some miscreants took position near Motijheel Colony Kitchen Market area for carrying out sabotage.
A team of DB police raided the area following information around 3:30am.
Sensing the presence of DB team, the miscreants opened fire targeting the law enforcers forcing them to fire back.
One person was severely injured in the gunfight. He was rushed to Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) where the on-duty doctor declared him dead around 3:30am.
The other associates of the victim managed to flee away.
Police also recovered a pistol, two rounds of bullet and two crude bombs from the spot, the DC said.
The body was sent to the DMCH morgue for an autopsy.
Meanwhile, the deceased’s family members went to the DMCH morgue following the media report and identified the body as Imrul Quayes, 34, son of Anwar Mollah in Durgapur upazila under Narail district. Quayes is also incumbent Councilor of Ward No.1 of Narail Municipality, they said.
They also claimed that Quayes was involved with the politics of local Jamaat-Islami who came to Dhaka in the last week for a personal matter as well as he was missing since the last Thursday.
