[Bangla Daily Star] Three criminals, including an outlaw, were killed in 'shootouts' with the Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in Kushtia and Bagerhat early yesterday and Monday afternoon.
| Efficiency, thy name is Rab. |
Of the dead, one was identified as Raisuddin, 32, a regional leader of the outlawed 'Gono Bahini' while the other two could not be identified as of yesterday.
| It seems to be the turn of the Bahinis, the Purba Banglars having taken the brunt for a while. |
Raisuddin, who was accused in several cases, including five for murder,
| Bahinis are badmen, loved only by their mothers... and sometimes not even them. |
was killed in a 'shootout' between his cohorts and Rab at Modhupur early yesterday, our correspondent in Kushtia reports.
| The Rab are so busy they don't have time to write their own reports anymore? |
Acting on a tip-off,
"Yo! Mahmoud the Weasel! Got any hot ones?"
a team of Rab-12 raided an orchard
| Suitably proletarian. We approve. |
at Modhupur at about 12:15am where the gang was holding a meeting.
"Yar!"
"Yar, yar!"
"YARRRRRR!" |
Sensing their presence,
My spider sense! It's tingling again! To arms! Aux barricades!
the gang opened fire on the elite force members, prompting them to retaliate.
[BANG! BANG! BANGETY BANG!] Raisuddin was hit by several bullets and was struck down in his prime
while his accomplices managed to flee the scene.
... as though they had never been...
Rab recovered his body from the spot, along with two firearms, four bullets, and three sharp weapons.
| Their correspondent clearly has read the Rab stylebook, so that's ok. |
Meanwhile,
...back at the ranch...
our Bagerhat correspondent reports that two unidentified criminals were killed in another 'shootout' in the Sundarbans near Beki canal under Sharankhola upazila of Bagerhat, Monday afternoon.
| Someone fetch... The Map! |
A team of Rab conducting a drive
| Beating the bush for game, were they? |
in the Sundarbans, at about 11:45pm, came across an empty boat in the canal and recovered firearms from it, Assistant Commander of Rab-8 Major Sabbir told The Daily Star.
The criminals who were hiding in the forest opened fire on the elite force members, prompting them to fire back which triggered a battle.
| Naturally. What else was to be done, after all. |
After 20 minutes Rab members recovered two bullet-hit bodies from the spot and took them to Sharankhola Police Station.
| What?!? Not to the overworked Dr. Quincy at the hospital, to decree that the dead bodies were indeed dead? Truly, these are degenerate times. |
Rab also seized three firearms, eight bullets, 12 cartridges, three sharp weapons, and a cell phone from the boat.
| Perhaps one of those firearms is the long-lost shuttergun. But with such a long list of seizures, some detail must be lost. |
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