[Bangla Daily Star] An alleged criminal was killed in a "shootout" between his cohorts and Rapid Action Battalion men at Kafrul in the city early yesterday."Doctor Quincy to the white courtesy phone!"
The dear departed, Shaheed, alias Jamai Shaheed, 26, was accused in three cases including two on murder charges, said police.
"He had the death sentence on twelve systems!"
What was the other thing we had him on, Mr. Deputy Administrative Sub Inspector In Charge?
Says here it was...dancing with a mailman.
Anisur Rahman, officer-in-charge of Kafrul Police Station, said a patrol of Rab-4 challenged Shaheed and his gang when they were roaming around Baishteki area around 2:00am.
"Here, you gangsters! Cease what you're doing and desist!"
The gang opened fire on the Rab men, prompting them to retaliate.
[BANG! BANG! BANGETY BANG!]
Shaheed came in the line of fire
The line between the muzzle of the gun against the back of his ear and the middle of his forehead ...
while the others managed to flee, added the OC.
As though they'd never been...
He was rushed to Dhaka Medical College Hospital
Not a Level I trauma center, not that it matters for our hero ...
where the attending doctors declared him dead.
He's dead, Jim!
Rab officials said they recovered a pistol from his possession.
"Go ahead, Sergeant Rafiq! Pry it from his cold, dead fingers! He'd have wanted it that way!"
Achhia Begum, wife of the dear departed, said her husband was missing since he went out on Sunday morning responding to a phone call.
"Hello? Hello? Shaheed? Dis is Mahmoud!"
"Mahmoud! How are you, you old weasel?"
Youse still got dat shuttergun?
What's a shuttergun?
Youse know what I means..
Who is this?
Shaheed was on bail in several cases filed against him, she added. She also claimed her family shifted to Savar from Bhasantek of city's Kafrul to start a normal life.
"Or as normal a life as a body could expect when her husband's skulking around at 2 a.m."
Shaheed, can't we just get out of this life? Move to Savar, become a regional leader in the Purbo Banglar Communist Party or sumthin and start over?
Dammit, woman! Don't try to change me!!
Abdur Rahim, father of the dear departed, said locals of Bhasantek used to call his son 'Jamai' as he had a relationship with a girl there eight years ago.
"Aye. She war a sweet girl, she war. And pretty, too, until he threw acid in her face."