Three alleged bombers have been arrested from the city's Mirpur area in connection with the killing of a rickshaw-puller during the opposition's 60-hour marathon hartal. The arrested, identified as Farooque, Habib and Mokhtar Hossain, were arrested on Tuesday morning. After interrogation, police recovered a petrol bomb from the house of Farooque at Bishail, Uttara yesterday. Quoting the confessional statement of Farooque, police said a political party used the boys to create an anarchic situation in the city.
"Investigation is on in this regard," said a police press release.
One lynched
A suspected robber was beaten to death at a village under Chougachha upazila in Jessore early Wednesday. The victim was identified as Abul Kalam, 40, of Narail and a resident of Phulsara village under Chougachha upazila. Local people and the police said Kalam along with his associates raided the house of one Shaukat Hossain at about 1:00am and tried to commit a robbery.
The house-owner's son, Faruk caught hold of Kalam while his associates stabbed Faruk indiscriminately to release their associate, they said. The villagers then beat up Kalam to death and the injured son was admitted to Chougachha Upazila Health Complex.
Three outlawed party leaders killed in shootouts
KUSHTIA, Feb 2:—A regional leader of an outlawed party was killed in a shootout between two extremist groups of the party at a beel at Laxmipur village in Kumarkhali Upazila early today (Wednesday), reports UNB. The deceased was identified as Abdul Malek, 46, a most wanted criminal and regional leader of outlawed Purba Banglar Communist Party. He was also an accused in a number of cases including 14 murders, police said.
Police said the gunfight ensued between the groups of Abdul Malek and Ekdil near a graveyard in the beel at about 3pm over establishing supremacy in the area.
| A good old-fashioned turf war |
| "Hark! I sense the presence of the cops! They've over there, let um have it!" |
| Soooooo, the only deader is the leader of the bad guys? Ya got any witness, other than the stiff's in the graveyard, that there was a gunfight between two gangs? No? Nice switch from the usual "crossfire". |
| Here we go again |
Police said they arrested them from their respective houses in the evening. And later on the basis of their confessional statement, the law-enforcers along with them went to the area to recover the hidden arms at 2:30am.
| Yup, another day, another hidden arms recovery mission. Bet there's gonna be gunplay |
| Yeah, like that's gonna happen |
| Fancy that |
Another report adds: An alleged terrorist was hacked to death by his rival group in Hamragara Beel at Sonakandi village in the same upazila on Monday night.
| If the cops don't get ya, your rivals will |
| Indiscriminately, in de ally, in de street, in de yard, etc... |
| Dire Revenge - Bagla style |