Criminal killed in 'gunfight'

An alleged carjacker was killed in a "gunfight" between his cohorts and DB police in the capital's Ramna Park area early yesterday.
The dead is Zakir Hossain Raju, 30, from Barguna district.
Acting on secret information that a white private car was going towards Ramna after violating a police signal from Tejgaon industrial area, a team of Detective Branch (DB) of police chased the car from Bailey Road at around 3:00am, said Asaduzzaman, senior assistant commissioner of DB police.
When the car reached near Ramna Chinese Restaurant gate, the carjackers opened fire on them, triggering a "gunfight," he said.
At one stage of the "gunfight", Zakir was caught in the line of fire while the rest managed to flee the scene, claimed Asaduzzaman.
The injured was rushed to Dhaka Medical College Hospital where on-duty doctors declared him dead.
Police seized the car and recovered a pistol and three bullets. The car was hijacked from the capital's Dhanmondi area on May 5.