2 killed in 'gunfight' with cops
Two alleged robbers were killed in a “gunfight” with police in Tala upazila of Satkhira early yesterday.
They are Bidyut Kumar Bachhar, 46, of Maguradanga village, and Talha Sheikh, 26, of Sujanshah village in the upazila.
Hasan Hafizur Rahman, officer-in-charge of Tala Police Station, said a police team, led by sub-inspectors Mozaffar Hossain and Nazmul Haque, was on a regular patrol on Saturday night.
During the patrol, the team came to know that some robbers were in a mango orchard in Rahimabad village for committing a robbery.
When the law enforcers reached near the spot around 3:15am, the criminals opened fire. Police then returned fire, triggering the "gunfight".
After the "gunbattle", police found the bodies of Bidyut and Talha lying on the spot. The others managed to flee, the police official said.
Police also claimed to have recovered two pistols, four cocktails, two bullets and several sharp weapons from the spot.
Bidyut, a former leader of outlawed Purba Banglar Communist Party (PBCP-ML), was involved in robbery, the OC said.
He stood accused in 14 cases, including five for robbery and two for arms. Talha was accused in a violence case, the police official said.
Talking to this correspondent, Bidyut' sister Kalyani Bachhar said her brother was in Satkhira jail for a long time. She did not know when he was freed from prison.
On Saturday evening, she said she heard that police arrested her brother from Sujanshah area. Yesterday morning, she heard that he was shot dead.
Talha's uncle Monirul Islam said his nephew was a drug addict. He was released from Satkhira jail some days ago.
He came to know that police detained Talha and Bidyut from a house in Rishipara village on Wednesday night. Yesterday morning, he heard that Talha was killed in a "gunfight", he said.
Asked, OC Hafizur dismissed the allegation of arresting Bidyut and Talha and said the two were killed in a "gunfight".
SI Mozaffar Hossain filed three cases in connection with attack on police.
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