 At least three persons were killed in 'encounter' yesterday with the law enforcing agencies in Dhaka, Rajshahi and Narayanganj.
In the first case, a suspected criminal was killed at Mohammadpur in the city between the accomplices of the criminal and the joint force of Cobra and Cheetah in the small hours of the day.
| Are these RAB wannabes or off-shoots? |
The dead was identified as Khandoker Iqbal Hossain (22), a first year Marketing department student of the Jagannath University College. Son of Abul Khair, Iqbal was a resident of 20/26, Sher Shah Suri Road under Mohammadpur police station, sources said.
| Never thought much of the father, nope, never did. |
Earlier, the detective branch police from the city's Dhanmondi area arrested the victim on Friday.
| As Steve Y would say, let's do this by the numbers. One. |
The police sources said when a joint team of the Cobra and Cheetah along with Iqbal went to the west side of the 'Martyrs Intellectual Graveyard' at Rayerbazar to recover arms and ammunition ...
...as well as to nab the criminals ...
... at around 2:45am, the criminals fired upon the law-enforcers prompting them to retaliate.
Iqbal was hit by several bullets on different parts of his body and several different parts of his noggin, although his accomplices managed to flee.
The police also recovered a pistol loaded with two rounds of bullet.
The injured was rushed to the Emergency Department of Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH not a Level I Trauma Center), where he succumbed to his injuries at around 3:30am.
Talking to the newsmen at the DMCH morgue ...
| Eight. Nope, didn't miss a beat. |
... the victim's father Abul Khair said that all of his no-good family members along with Iqbal went to Asad Gate area to attend a wedding and gun sex party at around 9:00 Friday night. And he was missing since then. He, however, claimed that there was no case against his son with any police stations, which the police sources denied saying that Iqbal was the second-in-command of Killer Habib and accused of several criminal cases.
In Rajshahi, SM Golam Mortuza alias Chand, an alleged regional commander of the Purba Banglar Communist Party (PBCP), was killed in an encounter with the members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) at Belgachi under Mohanpur upazila early in the morning.
| RAB's branching out, unless 'communist' is just another word for 'criminal'. Which fits in a way. |
The deceased was a son of Sheikh Golam Maula of village Tahirpur Bazaarpara under Bagmara upazila. Sources concerned said a RAB team of Atrai camp nabbed Chand from Tahirpur Bazaar area on July 7 and took him to the Rajshahi camp for interrogation.
| "Youse comin' wit us, Chand." |
During ipainful nterrogation, he admitted his involvement with the PBCP activists. He also disclosed information about having illegal arms and ammunition.
| "Anything! I'll tell you anything! Just put those down!" |
Based on his information, when a RAB team in the early hours of Saturday reached near Belgachhi, the PBCP activists opened gunfire prompting them to retaliate, which led to a seven or eight-minute gunfight between the two groups.
| Which I'll bet was decidedly one-sided. |
Chand was caught in crossfire when he tried to escape during the milee.
| "Feets don't fail me n..... [thunkity-thunkity-thunk] Rosebud!" |
As the criminals ran away retreated, the RAB members recovered the bullet-riddled dead body of Chand from beside the Khaira Bazaar-Belgachi road. He was rushed to Mohanpur Thana Health Complex, but the attending doctors declared him dead.
| Why bother? You just told us he was bullet-riddled and dead. |
The RAB men recovered several arms, including a shooter gun, cartridge and a scimitar dagger from the spot, which were left by the terrorists.
Chand had been involved with criminal activities, including extortion, looting and killing and there were a number of cases against him with Bagmara thana, according to the RAB sources.
Our Narayanganj correspondent reported that an alleged criminal was killed in an encounter with the Sonargaon police in the early hours of yesterday at village Modonpur under Bandar thana in the district. The victim, Mokbul Hossain, son of Ali Ahmed, was accused in nine criminal cases, including five murders, sources concerned said.
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