‘Gunfight’ With Cops: ‘Drug dealer’ killed in Teknaf

A suspected drug peddler was killed in a “gunfight” with police in Teknaf upazila early yesterday, police said.

The dead, Mufizur Rahman, 40, was a resident of Katakhali area in the upazila.

According to information given by Mufizur, a police team conducted a drive somewhere in the upazila to recover arms and drugs around 4:00am, said Pradip Kumar Das, officer-in-charge of Teknaf Police Station.

When the team reached the spot, Mufizur’s cohorts opened fire on the law enforcers forcing them to fire back in self-defence that triggered a “gunfight”.

Mufizur was shot during the incident and taken to

Cox’s Bazar Sadar Hospital where doctors declared him dead.