Two killed in ‘gunfights’
Two suspected criminals were killed in two "gunfights" with law enforcers in the capital and Feni early yesterday.
The man, who was killed in a reported gunfight with Rab members in the capital's Shyamoli area, was identified as Shahin Bishwas, alias Hanif Mia, 48, from Narayanganj, said Mohammad Mohiuddin Faruqui, company commander of Rab-2.
The incident took place when a Rab team signalled a CNG-run autorickshaw to stop at a checkpoint in front of the National Institute of Kidney Diseases and Urology around 12:15am, he said.
As the Rab men asked the three passengers and the driver to get off the vehicle, all but Shahin followed the instruction, the Rab official said.
When the Rab men were forcing Shahin to come out, the others suddenly fired blank shots and tried to escape by crossing the adjacent boundary walls of National Institute of Mental Health and Hospital.
Rab members were forced to fire back when Shahin also started firing on them from inside the autorickshaw, triggering a "gunfight", Faruqui said.
Hanif caught a bullet injury during the incident and was taken to Dhaka Medical College Hospital where doctors declared him dead.
Later, the Rab team seized the vehicle and recovered a firearm and six bullets from the spot.
Meanwhile, a youth was killed in a "gunfight" between two gangs of robbers in Chhagalnaiya upazila of Feni early yesterday, police said.
Mahbubur Rahman, inspector (investigation) of Chhagalnaiya Police Station, could not confirm the identity of the deceased but claimed that he was an active member of an inter-district robbery gang.
Police recovered a firearm and two bullets from the spot, reports a correspondent quoting police.
Receiving information of fire exchange between two gangs, a police team rushed to the spot around 2:00am, said Mahbubur.
They found the victim lying on the ground with a bullet injury and took him to Feni General Hospital where doctors pronounced him dead, the inspector said.
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