‘Outlaw’ killed in Bogura ‘gunfight’

An alleged outlaw was killed in what law enforcers have claimed to be a gunfight between two groups of outlaws in Bogura’s Sherpur upazila early today.

The deceased has been identified as Safiur Rahman Jyoti, 62, of Pratapkhaduli village under Dhunat upazila. He was a member of the banned outfit Purba Banglar Sarbahara Party operating in Pabna, Natore and Siraganj areas, our local correspondent reports quoting police.

The incident took place around 1:30am near Goalkandi Bridge in Sherpur when two groups of outlaws engaged into a gunfight, said Sanatan Chakraborty, additional superintendent of police (Bogura Sadar Circle).

Hearing the news of the gunfight, Sanatan Chakraborty and Humayun Kabir, officer-in-charge of Sherpur Police Station, visited the place with their teams, the additional police super said.

Sensing the presence of policemen, the miscreants fled the scene leaving the bullet-hit body of Jyoti behind.

Jyoti was rushed to Shaheed Ziaur Rahman Medical College and Hospital where doctors pronounced him dead, the police official also said.

Lawmen also recovered a one-shooter gun, three rounds of bullets, one machete and one motorcycle from the spot.

There are 13 cases including five murder cases filed against Jyoti with different police stations. He was also a runaway convict in the case of looting and attacking Natore’s Gurudaspur Police Station in 1987 in which he had been sentenced to 84-years in jail.