An alleged robber was killed in an encounter with the police in the city’s Badda area on Wednesday midnight.
The deceased has been identified as Badsah Mia (28).
Abdul Jalil, Officer-in-Charge of Badda Police Station, said, on getting information that a gang of robbers were going to hold a secret meeting at the Post Office Goli under Badda Police Station, police reached there to nab them. As the police challenged the gangsters, numbering three, at about 11:45 pm, they started firing into the law enforcers, triggering a gunfight.
During the brief gunfight, Badsah suffered bullet injury and succumbed to his injuries at the Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) at about 1.30am, he said.
A pistol and eight rounds of bullets have been recovered from the spot.
The body has been sent to DMCH morgue for autopsy.
