'Thief' killed in gunfight with Rab
A suspected cattle thief was killed and three others injured after his gang had a gunfight with Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in Gazipur early yesterday.
The alleged thief, who could not be identified immediately, died in Dhaka Medical College Hospital where all of the four wounded persons were sent.
Two of the injured were Abdul Jalil, 28, of Kazipur upazila in Sirajganj, and Rafiqul Islam Shawon, 28, from Mugda Manda area in Dhaka.
A third suspect aged around 35 also remains unidentified, said Rab.
Rab-1's Additional Superintendent of Police Mohiul Islam said on a tip-off, they tried to stop a truckload of cattle by putting barricades on the road in Gazipur city's Majlishpur area.
However, the criminals opened fire on the law-enforcers while trying to escape through Dhaka-Tangail highway, he said. The four were hit when the Rab team responded, he added.
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