A suspected drug trader and a ‘robber’ were killed in separate incidents of ‘gunfight’ in Mymensingh and Khulna districts respectively early Saturday.
In Mymensingh, a suspected drug trader was killed in ‘gunfight’ with detectives at Savar Bazar intersection area in Nandail upazila.
The deceased was identified as Hazrat Ali, 45, son of Razzak Ali of the area and an accused in several drug cases.
Shah Kamal Akand, officer-in-charge of district detective branch of police, said that on secret information, a team of DB police conducted a drive around 1:30am.
Sensing the presence of the policemen, the drug traders opened fire on them, forcing them to fire back, triggering the gun fight. After the gunfight, police rescued bullet-wounded Ali and took him to Mymensingh Medical College and Hospital where doctors declared him dead.
Police also recovered 300 grams heroin, 200 Yaba pills, a and three cartridges.
In Khulna, an alleged robber was killed in a reported gunfight with Rapid Action Battalion – 6 members in Thukra area of Dumuria 0upazila in the district early Saturday. The identity of the deceased could not be known immediately.
Sub-inspector of Dumuria Police Station Saful Islam said a gang of robbers swooped on a house in Thukra area around 1:30 am while a Rapid Action Battalion team was passing the area. Hearing scream of the inmates the Rab team rushed to the spot and the robbers fired gunshot, forcing them to fire back that triggered gunfight, he said.
After the gunfight, law enforcers recovered the body of a robber from the spot while the other gang members managed to flee, said the SI.
