An alleged criminal was killed in a 'shootout' between his cohorts and Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in the capital's Kafrul area early Thursday.
| Bad time to be sportin' about with guns in a banana grove; the RAB's of a mind to settle the restlessness in the rest of the Muslim world. |
The dear departed, Rashedul Islam alias Murgi Rashed, 25,
| 'Murgi'? What kind of alias is that? Must sound better in the original Bengali... |
was a listed criminal in the area and also accused on twelve systems in a number of cases, Officer-in-Charge Abdul Latif of Kafrul Police Station said.
Flight Lieutenant Khairul Mamun
| 'Flight Lieutenant'? The RAB has an air force? |
of Rab-4 said a patrol team of Rab challenged Rashed and his gang while they were holding a 'secret' meeting near High-Tech Hospital
| I wonder if there is actually such a thing in B'desh... |
at Kachukhet in Kafrul at about 2:30am.
Sensing danger,
| "Hark! My spider-sense is tingling!" |
the gang shot up the elite force members
| consisting of flight lieutenants... |
compelling them to retaliate with bullets.
| They sure didn't spork him to death... |
Rashed was caught in the line of fire and was struck down in his prime while the other gang members managed to flee the scene.
... as though they had never been...
the Rab officer said.
Kafrul police later recovered the body and sent it to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) morgue for an appointment with Dr. Quincy.
| So the RAB gunned him down near the 'High-Tech Hospital' and took him to Dhaka Medical instead? Took the long way to make sure Murgi bled out? |
Rashed and his gang were involved in different crimes, including extortion, Rab sources said.
One foreign-made pistol, three bullets and one cartridge were recovered from the scene.
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