[Bangla Daily Star] Two Rapid Action Battalion men and an alleged pusher were injured in a gunfight between the crime busters and "drug peddlers" at Malancha in Keraniganj on Thursday night.The injured Rab members--sub-inspector Md Zaman and Constable Abdul Motaleb--were admitted to Mitford Hospital.
Rab-10 officials said they arrested the wounded pusher, Mohammad Ali, on the scene and handed him over to the Keraniganj Police Station after treatment at Mitford.
They also seized 50 bottles of Phensidyl and 150 cans of beer from the spot.
Tipped off, a team of Rab-10 raided Malancha area at 9:00pm when the drugs were being unloaded from a CNG-run auto-rickshaw.
As the drug peddlers opened fire on them, Rab members fired back, triggering a 10-minute gun battle.
Two cases--one under arms act and another under narcotics control act--have been filed with Keraniganj Police Station in this connection.