3 robbers killed in ‘gunfight’ with cops

Three robbers were killed and another was injured in a "gunfight" with police following a robbery incident in Feni's Daganbhuiyan upazila early yesterday.

The robbers also murdered a night guard before the "gunfight" took place at Bekerbazar in the upazila.

The three robbers have been identified as Dulal Matobbar, 45, Babul Molla, 40, of Barguna district, and Md Bidyut, 32, of Naogaon district,while the night guard was Abdul Mannan, 40, of Ashrafpur village.

Police seized a pipe gun, two sharp knives and a truck loaded with looted items from the place.

According to police and locals, a truck carrying a group of robbers reached a shop named B Shariat and Brothers on Feni-Noakhali road at Bekerbazar in the wee hours of yesterday.

Soon after they reached, they broke down the shop's lock and started to loot it and load on a truck, they said.

When the night guard screamed seeing the burglary, they strangled him with a 'gamchha'.

Hearing his screams, locals gathered and tried to confine the burglars.

In the meantime, law enforcers also reached the spot and chased the criminals.

The criminals opened fire on the law enforcers, forcing them to fire back and triggering a "gunfight".

During the "gunfight", one of the robbers died on the spot while three others received bullet wounds, police said.

Among the three, one died on the way to Daganbhuiyan Upazila Health Complex while another died on way to Feni 250-bed General Hospital.

Daganbhuiyan Police Station Officer-in-Charge Md Aslam Sikder confirmed the incident and said a case is being filed in this regard.

The bodies were sent to Feni General Hospital morgue for autopsies, he added.