Rab 'shootout' kills youth in capital
A youth was killed in a 'shootout' between his cohorts and members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) at Panthapath in the capital early yesterday.
The deceased Masud Rana Tusher, 32, was a carjacker, said Raihan Uddin Khan, operation officer of Rab-2. Tusher was a resident of Mohammadpur.
SM Kamal, commanding officer of Rab-2, told The Daily Star that a patrol team signalled a speeding microbus to stop at the check post near Bashundhara City at around 4:20am.
The driver of the microbus slowed down but as Rab neared the vehicle, he sped up, said Rab officials.
The criminals on board opened fire on the Rab patrol team, prompting them to fire back and at one stage the microbus stopped and around four criminals fled, they added.
The elite force then discovered the body of Tusher lying inside the abandoned vehicle.
They seized the microbus and recovered one pistol and four bullets from the scene.
However, family members of the deceased gave a different account of the incident.
They said that Rab claimed Tusher and his gang were involved in carjacking in the capital but they failed to mention any case against him in this connection.
Ibrahim Hossain Titu, Tusher's younger brother, said his brother was a fruit vendor in Chittagong Road area.
He said someone called Tusher on his mobile at 10:30pm and after that Tusher left his residence. He could not be reached over his mobile since then.
Titu said when they rang up Tusher again early morning a person at the other end said that Tusher was injured in a road accident and was taken to Dhaka Medical College Hospital.
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