3 killed in Chuadanga, Naogaon ‘gunfights’

Three alleged criminals were killed in two separate “gunfights” with law enforcers in Chuadanga and Naogaon today.

In Chuadanga, a local leader of outlawed Purbo Banglar Communist Party was killed in a “gunfight” with Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in Khashkarra village of Alamdanga upazila early today.

The deceased, Oltu mondol, 40, was accused in seven cases including the killing of a Chuadanga fish farmers’ leader Ziaur Rahman on April 19 this year.

Major Munir Ahmed, commander of Rab-6 in Jhenidah, said a group of criminals shot two rounds of bullets on a patrol team of Rab when the latter was passing through Khashkarra Bazar around 3:30am.

The “gunfight”, for around half an hour, took place when the elite force retaliated, the Rab official said.

Rab later found the body of Oltu Mondol after the gunfight ended while the other criminals managed to flee the scene, the Rab official said, adding that one locally made rifle and five bullets were recovered from the spot.

Torikul Islam, additional superintendent of police in Chuadanga told that Oltu was involved in outlawed party for last 13 years. He carried out various crimes including murder, extortion, robberies and abduction.

Oltu was accused in seven cases, including two for murder, four for extortion and one for abduction, filed with different police stations in Chuadanga district, the police official said.

Meanwhile, in Naogaon, two suspected robbers were killed in a “gunfight” between their cohorts and police at Choubaria Haat in Manda upazila early today.

The deceased were identified as Sujon Hossain, 30, of Rajshahi and Mozammel Haque, 35, of Chapainawabganj.

Being informed that a gang of robbers were taking preparation to commit robbery in the area, a team of police from Niamatpur and Manda police stations went to the spot, said Anisur Rahman, officer-in-charge of Manda Police Station.

When the robbers were heading towards Choubaria Haat by a truck, a part of the joint team of police put a barricade on the road to arrest them around 2:30am, he said.

At one stage, the robbers opened fire to police as they tried to avoid the arrest by breaking the barricade, prompting the law enforcers to retaliate, triggering the gunfight, he said, adding that Harun Ur Rashid, a constable of Niamatpur Police Station, was hurt when the truck tried to plough the police.

Two robbers were caught in the line of fire during the gunfight and died on the spot while two others sustained bullet injuries, the police official also said, adding that police have seized the truck and recovered several locally made sharp weapons.

Police arrested the two other injured robbers Imran Hossain and Sohel Rana from the spot while the rest managed to flee the scene, the OC said.

The bodies of the deceased have been sent to Naogaon General Hospital for autopsy, he added.

Source: thedailystar