 Three criminals were killed in "crossfire" during "shootouts" between law enforcers and the criminal's accomplices in Dhaka and Kushtia yesterday. The dead were identified as Mizanur Rahman, 25, Sahidul Islam alias Picture, 25, and Tofazzol Hossain alias Tota, 30.
| The first is not a full-fledged 'cross-fire', as you'll see ... |
| It falls into the "encounter" catagory |
| Us trained observers can recognize the difference at a glance. |
Sources said a Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) patrol team challenged a group of five to six youths near Bangladesh-China Friendship Conference Centre in the capital around 11:15pm.
| "Hey, you yoots! Drop da rods and getcher mitts in da air!" |
As the gang started shooting at the Rab personnel.
| "You'll never take Mizanur alive, coppers!" |
Rab retaliated leading to a 10-minute gunfight.
[BANG! BANG! BANGETY BANG!]
"What time is it, Mahmoud?"
[KAPOW! KAZING!]
"About eight minutes after!"
[POW! POW!]
"Let's give it another coupla minutes. Then we're outta here!"
[BANG! KAPOW!]
"Hokay." |
When the gang finally ran away fled retreated they left behind the bullet riddled body of Mizanur Rahman.
| "Ouch!... Hey! Stop it! You're hurting me!... Ow! Ow!... Owwwww!... Aaaaiiieee!... Ack!... [Thud!]... [Hack!]... Rosebud... [Rattle!]...!" |
Police sources claimed Mizanur has several criminal cases filed against him with Tejgaon Police Station including four murder cases.
| Bet his mother doesn't love him either. |
Two cadres of the outlawed Gono Mukti Fouj (GMF) were killed in "crossfire" during a "shootout" between police and their cohorts at Milpara in Kushtia early yesterday, our Khustia correspondent reports.
| But these are cross-fires with all the accessories ... |
Police sources said following secret information that GMF is holding a secret meeting at Milpara, a team of Kushtia police raided the area around 3:30am and managed to close in on them.
| Snuck up right behind their ears, the better to shoot them there ... |
They asked them to surrender ...
| "Hey, you outlaws! Drop da rods and getcher mitts in da air!" |
... but the criminals started shooting at the police.
| "You'll never take Picure and Tota alive, coppers!" |
Police retaliated that lead to a 30-minute gun battle.
| 29 minutes more than was necessary, or happened ... |
Following the shootout the criminals managed to flee but they left behind the bodies of Picture and Tota on the spot.
"Which spot?"
"That spot!" |
Police also recovered one locally made gun and seven bullets from the spot.
| Lotsa things found on that spot ... |
According to police, Picture was accused in twelve systems eight criminal cases and convicted in a murder case. He was given the death sentence by a special tribunal.
| And whaddaya know, it was carried out ... |
Tofa was accused in 10 criminal cases including abduction, rape, robbery and murder.
| Definitely a bad boy. Too bad he wasn't an Islamist, he would have been let off. |
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