Criminal killed in gunfight with rivals
An alleged criminal was killed in a gunfight between two rival groups in Teknaf upazila of the district early yesterday.
The deceased is Syed Nur Prakash Sona Mia, 30, son of late Shikdar Ali of Uluchamari village in the upazila.
Sona Mia was accused in at least 10 cases, including those for robbery, arms and land grabbing, filed with Teknaf Police Station, said Ataur Rahman, officer-in-charge of the police station.
Police said there had been a longstanding feud between two local rival groups over establishing supremacy in the area.
At around 4:00am, both the groups traded gunshots, triggering a gunfight that left Sona Mia dead on the spot.
Being informed, police went to the spot yesterday morning, recovered the body and sent it to Cox's Bazar Sadar Hospital morgue for autopsy, added the OC.
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