Another accused in Shahinuddin murder case was killed in a "gunfight" with detectives in the capital's Pallabi area early yesterday.

The deceased, Monir, 21, took part in the killing of Shahinuddin on May 16 in front of his son in Pallabi, police said.

The man was injured in the "gunfight" around 2:30am inside Sagufta Housing area. On information, a police team took him to Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College Hospital where doctors declared him dead, said Aklima Akter, a sub-inspector of Pallabi Police Station.

A text sent by Dhaka Metropolitan Police's media wing said a team of detectives arrested Monir near Pallabi Eidgah Maidan around 9:00pm on Saturday.

Monir was killed during exchange of bullets between law enforcers and his cohorts as the detectives took him along to recover firearms in Sagufta Housing area, it added.

Police claimed to have recovered a pistol and two bullets from the spot.

On May 21, another accused in the case Manik, 32, was killed in a similar incident with Rab members in Pallabi area.

The number of extrajudicial killings in the name of so-called gunfights or shootouts had dropped drastically following an uproar over the killing of Major (retd) Sinha Md Rashed Khan at a Teknaf checkpoint in Cox's Bazar in August last year.

At least four people were killed in such "gunfights" with detectives and Rab in Dhaka in just last six days.

After being attacked three times in last six years, receiving numerous death threats, and even after filing general diaries in this regard, Shahinuddin was attacked once again on May 16 and lost his life this time.

Former lawmaker MA Awal (Lakshmipur-1) was among six persons so far arrested in connection with the murder.