Murder accused killed in Kishoreganj ‘gunfight’with cops

A person, who was accused in several murder cases, was killed in a “gunfight” between his cohorts and police in Bajitpur upazila of Kishoreganj early Thursday.

The deceased was identified as Fadur Ali, 35, who had five separate murder cases against him.

Makbul Hossain Molla, officer-in-charge of Bajitpur Police Station, said a team of police arrested Fadur Ali from Belabo in Narsingdi district on Wednesday afternoon.

Later, police along with Fadur Ali launched a drive at Shatirchar village to recover firearms around 3am.

Sensing presence of the law enforcers, Fadur Ali’s associates opened fire towards police prompting them to retaliate, triggering the “gunfight”.

At one stage, Fadur Ali was caught in the line of fire and died on the spot.

Three policemen - -Sub-inspector Aminul Islam and constables Shakhawat Hossain and Rupom-- were injured in the incident and they were admitted to Sadar hospital.

Police also recovered four firearms and nine rounds of bullets from the scene.