Staff Reporter :
At least two alleged drug peddlers were killed in separate “gunfights” in Tangail and Sirajganj districts besides; police recovered body of another suspected drug peddler from Alamdanga Upazila.
In Tangail, police recovered a bullet-hit body of an alleged drug dealer from the Charabari of Sadar Upazila.
The deceased was named as Abdul Mannan, from Charabari village of
the upazila, Sayedur Rahman, OC of Tangail Police Station told the media. Abdul Mannan was killed during a gun battle between two rival groups over drug business at dawn. Police, after collecting the body, sent it to Tangail General Hospital morgue.
Later, a foreign pistol and yaba tablets were recovered from the spot, the OC said.
Mannan was a known drug peddler in the area and was an accused in six cases under Narcotics Act, he added.
In Sirajganj, a suspected drug peddler was killed in a reported gunfight with police in a field at Mahmudpur area on Saturday.
The deceased was identified as Jahangir Hossain, 35, son of late Hatem Ali of Railway Colony Purbapara area. He was wanted in seven drug-related cases.
Acting on information that a gang of drug peddlers gathered in the area, a team of police conducted a drive there around 2:00 am, said Mahmud Daud, officer-in-charge of Kotwali Police Station.
Sensing presence of the law enforcers, the OC claimed, the gangsters opened fire on them which forced the police to fire back in self-defence.
After the gunfight, police recovered the body of Jahangir and one revolver, four bullets, 135 Yaba pills and 25 bottles of Phensidyl from the scene.
Two policemen were also injured in the incident, the OC added. In Chuadanga, police recovered the body of a suspected drug peddler from a field Alamdanga upazila.
The deceased was identified as, Oltu Miah, 27, son of late Mohasin Ali, from Govindapur village of the upazila.
Abu Jihad Mohammad Fakhrul Alam Khan, Officer-in-Charge of Alamdanga Police Station confirmed the media.
At least two alleged drug peddlers were killed in separate “gunfights” in Tangail and Sirajganj districts besides; police recovered body of another suspected drug peddler from Alamdanga Upazila.
In Tangail, police recovered a bullet-hit body of an alleged drug dealer from the Charabari of Sadar Upazila.
The deceased was named as Abdul Mannan, from Charabari village of
the upazila, Sayedur Rahman, OC of Tangail Police Station told the media. Abdul Mannan was killed during a gun battle between two rival groups over drug business at dawn. Police, after collecting the body, sent it to Tangail General Hospital morgue.
Later, a foreign pistol and yaba tablets were recovered from the spot, the OC said.
Mannan was a known drug peddler in the area and was an accused in six cases under Narcotics Act, he added.
In Sirajganj, a suspected drug peddler was killed in a reported gunfight with police in a field at Mahmudpur area on Saturday.
The deceased was identified as Jahangir Hossain, 35, son of late Hatem Ali of Railway Colony Purbapara area. He was wanted in seven drug-related cases.
Acting on information that a gang of drug peddlers gathered in the area, a team of police conducted a drive there around 2:00 am, said Mahmud Daud, officer-in-charge of Kotwali Police Station.
Sensing presence of the law enforcers, the OC claimed, the gangsters opened fire on them which forced the police to fire back in self-defence.
After the gunfight, police recovered the body of Jahangir and one revolver, four bullets, 135 Yaba pills and 25 bottles of Phensidyl from the scene.
Two policemen were also injured in the incident, the OC added. In Chuadanga, police recovered the body of a suspected drug peddler from a field Alamdanga upazila.
The deceased was identified as, Oltu Miah, 27, son of late Mohasin Ali, from Govindapur village of the upazila.
Abu Jihad Mohammad Fakhrul Alam Khan, Officer-in-Charge of Alamdanga Police Station confirmed the media.
