Outlaw killed in 'crossfire'
An outlawed party leader was killed in an "encounter" between his cohorts and Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) personnel in Madaripur yesterday.
Sayeed Matabbor alias Rogkata Sayeed, 37, second-in-command of the Aziz faction of the Purba Bangla Sarbahara Party, is also accused of murdering two police officials in 2004.
According to Rab, they raided Shirkhara Bazar around 3:30am, following a tip-off, where the faction was holding a secret meeting. As Rab personnel asked them to surrender, they opened fire on Rab.
During the half-an-hour shootout with Rab, Sayeed was shot and he died on the spot.
Rab later recovered a shutter gun, three hand-made bombs and a number of sharp weapons at the scene.
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