Two killed in ‘gunfights’
Two suspected criminals were killed in “gunfights” with Rab in Gazipur and Narayanganj early yesterday.
The dead in Gazipur is Masud Parvez, 33. His family alleged that one of his friends handed him over to some unidentified men on Monday.
In Narayanganj, Tuhin Hossain, 23, was killed around four hours after he was picked up by Rab men from Cumilla’s Rasulpur area.
Md Kamruzzaman, assistant director of Rab-1 in Gazipur, said a team of Rapid Action Battalion raided Saatkhamair Bazar area in Gazipur’s Sreepur upazila around 2:30am yesterday on information that a group of robbers was taking preparations for a robbery.
Sensing the presence of law enforcers, they fired shots at the Rab men. The Rab returned shots.
The criminals escaped after sometime. The Rab found a man lying on the ground injured. He was sent to Sreepur Upazila Health Complex where doctors declared him dead, Kamruzzaman said.
The Rab claimed to have recovered several firearms from the spot.
Sreepur OC Liakot Ali said Masud was accused in 11 cases filed with different police stations.
The body was sent to Gazipur Shaheed Tajuddin Ahmad Medical College for an autopsy.
FAMILY’S VERSION
Speaking to The Daily Star, Masud’s mother Rani Begum said her son used to stay at his in-law’s house in Mymensingh town.
“Around 4:00pm on Monday, one of Masud’s friends went to his in-law’s house and got him into a microbus saying that they would go to Gopalganj. But at night, Masud called me and said his friend handed him over to some unidentified people who blindfolded him.”
“I may not return home. Please look after my daughter,” Rani said, quoting her son.
The Rab claimed that the family’s version was not true.
ANOTHER KILLED IN N’GANJ
Maj Talukdar Nazmus Sakib, deputy commander of Rab-11 in Narayanganj, said a Rab team picked up Tuhin Hossain, an accused in several cases, from Cumilla’s Rasulpur area around 1:00am yesterday.
Gleaning information from him, the Rab team raided Syedpur area of Naryanganj around 4:00am to recover arms and arrest Tuhin’s associates.
Sensing the presence of law enforcers, criminals opened fire at the Rab men, forcing them to return shots, said Talukdar.
At one stage, Tuhin along with his associates tried to flee. He was hit by bullets, but his cohorts managed to escape, said the Rab official.
Tuhin was declared dead by doctors after being taken to Narayanganj General Hospital.
Our Gazipur and Narayanganj correspondents contributed to this report.
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