 Outlaw killed in ‘shootout’ in Mongla
Jan 18: An outlawed party leader was killed in a shootout between his cohorts and police in Dotter Meth area of Mongla upazila early Wednesday. Police said they arrested Monir Hossain Talukder alias Monir, 26, a regional leader of Purba Banglar Communist Party (Janajuddha) from Digraj in Mongla upazila Tuesday evening. | Another dead commie no one but his mother will miss |
Acting on his confessional statement, police took him to Dotter Meth to recover hidden arms. | "Youse going for a ride, Monir. Stop crying, it's not gonna help" |
As they reached the area early Wednesday along with Monir, his accomplices opened fire on the law enforcers forcing them to fire back. | Like it was planned, or something |
Monir was caught in the shootout while trying to flee. | "Feet, don't ....BANG.. rosebud ..." |
Doctors declared him dead when he was taken to Bagerhat Sadar hospital, police said. Four police constables were also injured during the encounter. Of them, Enamul and Fazlu were rushed to the hospital. | "Step on it, they've got fresh doughnuts in the coffee shop!" |
Later, police recovered two guns, 11 rounds of bullet, four empty shells and some leaflets of Janajuddha from the spot.
Monir, son of Ismail Talukder, hailed from Badurtola village in Morelganj upazila of the district. He was wanted in four murder cases including that of journalist Manik Shaha, Editor of Janmabhumi of Khulna Humayun Kabir Balu, and Khulna AL leader Adv. Monjurul Imam, police said.
2 held with bomb, arms by police in Meherpur
Jan 18: Police arrested two terrorists along with a live bomb, one Indian shutter gun and bullets from Shinghati village in Sadar upazila Monday night. | On the RAB website, they list shutter guns in this group: "LG/Pipe gun/Shooter/Shutter Gun". Shotguns have their own catagory, so I think "shutter gun" is a homemade weapon, like a zipgun. |
Acting on a tip-off, a police team led by SI Mollick and Baradi police camp in-charge Haider Ali arrested Golam Rasul, 47, son of Late Jamaluddin and Abdul Mannan, 55, son of Late Askaruddin, after raiding their houses at the village. On their confessional statement, they later recovered the 2-kg powerful bomb, the shutter gun, five rounds of rifle bullet and one cartridge from a pile of straw near a cowshed. | What, they not worth a 'crossfire'? |
Jubo Dal leader chopped to death in Feni
Jan18: Unidentified terrorists chopped a Jubo Dal leader to death at Saheber Hat in Sonagazi upazila of the district on Tuesday night. The dead was identified as Nurul Afsar, vice president of Ahmedpur union Jubo Dal and convenor of Miar Bazar Zia Smriti Sangsad.
Local sources said the terrorists swooped on Afsar on his way home at night and chopped him to death. They fled the scene dumping the body into a waterbody. Being informed by the locals, police recovered most of the body Wednesday morning and sent the same to hospital morgue for autopsy. | "Doctor Quincy, we got another stiff." |
| Or parts of one, at any rate. |
Police Super Mohammad Obaidullah visited the spot. Police said Afsar was wanted in three cases, including murder. President of Sonagazi upazila BNP Joynal Abedin Bablu blamed the Awami League supporters for the killing while local AL leaders said that Afsar was killed following internal conflict in the local Jubo Dal.
Huge cache of arms seized in Bandarban
Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) personnel recovered a huge cache of arms including machinegun, M-16rifles, Ak-47, explosives and bomb-making equipment from a den of Rohingya Solidarity Organization (RSO) at Chhagalkhaia under Naikhongchhari upazila in Bandarban yesterday. According to BDR sources, acting on a tip-off, a squad of BDR led by Zonal Commander Lt. Colonel Abdul Awal conducted the drive at around 12.30pm. The members of BDR are continuing their drives in the area.
They recovered a Pakistani made HMG, three M-16 rifles, a AK-47 rifle, a 303 rifle, a long-range rocket shell, a solar charger, three binoculars, 3000 rounds of ammunition, a rocket lancer bomb, 25 mine fixing players, two sacks of gunpowder (about 100Kg), 40 detonators, 40 peace of sodium nitrate, some uniform used by the terrorists and a huge quantity of wires . Earlier, BDR personnel recovered a huge quantity of arms and explosives from Naikhongchhari area in a similar drive on January 3. |