Terrorists kill UPDF member
Jan 20 : A villager was killed and four others were injured by armed terrorists at Headman Para village of Kutukchhari union, about 25 kilometers away from the district headquarters last night. The villager was identified as Juddha Moni Chakma, 34, son of Rajmoni Chakma. The armed terrorists numbering 20/25 went to his house at around 8 pm yesterday (Wednesday) with a plea of taking dinner and at one stage they gunned down him. After confirming his death the terrorists ran away from the scene, security sources said. The four people, who were injured, escaped to avoid arrest, sources added. His body was sent to Rangamati General Hospital for autopsy. A case was lodged with Kotwali police in this connection.
Five killed in crossfire
Three alleged outlaws and two criminals were killed in 'shootouts' during police actions in Kushtia, Satkhira, Bogra and Dhaka yesterday. Of the outlaws two were top cadres of Biplobi Communist Party (BCP) while one was from Janajuddho faction of Purbo Banglar Communist Party (PBCP-ML), the police said. Nine policemen were also injured during the shootouts, the police claimed. The law-enforcers seized five firearms along with ammunition from the spots. According to press reports, 40 people were killed in the last three weeks in the ongoing anticrime operations carried out by Rapid Action Battalion, Cobra, Cheetah and the police throughout the country.
DHAKA
Two muggers stopped a rickshaw at Shantinagar at about 6:45am and snatched Tk 20,654 in cash from its passengers -- havilder Shahjahan Mia and lance nayek Abdur Rakib of Motijheel Police Station who were going to Titatuli in plain clothes. | Stuckup a couple of plainclothes cops, did they? |
When the muggers were fleeing, the victims raised an alarm and a team of patrol police chased the two. Police said mugger Mohammad Hanif, 36, and his accomplice opened fire as the cops surrounded them at Pir Shaheber Goli (lane). A shootout ensued when the policemen retaliated and both the muggers sustained bullet injuries. The policemen took them to Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) where doctors declared Hanif dead, police sources said. Hanif received two bullets in the chest and his accomplice, who is undergoing treatment at the DMCH under police guard, received two in the legs. The police said two sub-inspectors, Mahbub Morshed and Harun, and constable Jafar were wounded in the shootout. They recovered one revolver, three bullets, two spent bullets and the looted money from Hanif's possession. But locals said the policemen beat up the two muggers after arresting them at Pir Shaheber Goli. "I heard a couple of gunshots a few minutes later," said a local shopkeeper. | Bangla cops abusing suspects? I'm shocked, shocked I tell you! |
KUSHTIA
Our Kushtia correspondent reports: The police arrested BCP cadres Raj Ali, 40, and Laltu Biswas, 32, at Berbaradi village in Sadar upazila at around 5:00pm on Tuesday. During interrogation, they told the police about firearms hidden in Shibpur village.The police said when they started for Shibpur at around 4:00am to seize the firearms, the BCP cadres ambushed them in a betel-leaf garden. | Nice dark garden, 4:00am, a sudden ambush, hey, it could happen! |
"The policemen also opened fire to save their life," said a local police officer. He said Raj and Laltu were caught in crossfire when they tried to flee jumping from the police van. | "Hey, quit shoving me.....Ouch, ouch...Rosebud.." |
Both died on the spot receiving several bullets. Two police personnel were also injured in the incident, police claimed. | "Just look at that hangnail, boy I bet that smarts!" |
The law-enforcers retrieved a shutter gun and seven bullets from the spot. Raj was accused in 11 cases including seven for murder and Laltu in seven cases with two for murder, the police said.
SATKHIRA
Absconding Janajuddho operative Kartik Chandra Rishi, 40, was killed in 'crossfire' between his accomplices and the police in Tala upazila at 3:40am yesterday. | The night shift has been busy again |
Our Satkhira correspondent said the police had arrested him from his house at Amanullahpur in the upazila on Wednesday. The police said Kartik admitted that his accomplices were hiding in a bush near Ziala Natta with several illegal firearms. | "It's the third bush on the left behind the deserted warehouse. Can I finish writing my will now?" |
Following the tip-off, the police rushed to the village in the early hours yesterday to arrest the gang. | "If we hurry, we can wack Kartik and still make last call" |
When the police team reached the spot, Kartik's accomplices opened fire to free him from the custody. "Police also opened fire and Kartik fell in the line of fire," said Shah Mashiur Rahman, officer-in-charge of Tala Police Station. | Just happened to be between the bad guys and the cops guns. Honest |
Kartik sustained several bullets and died on the spot, he added. The OC claimed that police constables Humayun Kabir and Nazrul Islam were injured during the shootout and they seized a pipe-gun and three cartridges from the spot. Superintendent of Police at Satkhira Abdur Rahim said Kartik was released on bail recently after serving in jail for the murder of freedom fighters Sheikh Nurul Islam and Alauddin on October 4, 1995. He was also accused of three other criminal charges.
Bogra
Alleged criminal Sayed Ali, 42, was killed in 'crossfire' between his accomplices and the police at Borochapra village in Dupchanchia upazila yesterday morning. Dupchanchia police arrested Sayed, a convicted criminal, in Naruli bus stand area of Bogra town at 11:45pm on Wednesday. Acting on his information, the police went to the house of Abdur Rahman Rana alias Rana Dacoit, a former leader of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal, at Barochapra on Talor-Altafnagar Road, to recover illegal firearms. | We know where this is going |
As they reached there at 2:30am, the armed accomplices of Sayed opened fire on the police who retaliated in self-defence. Sayed, hit by several bullets in the head, chest and back while trying to escape with handcuff, died on the spot, the police said. Police constables Abdul Kader and Zakir also sustained injury during the gunfight and the police seized one gun, one shutter gun, eight bullets, five cartridges, one axe and three swords the criminals left at the spot before fleeing. | As usual, the "crossfiree" is dead on the spot and the "crossfirers" get away scotfree after "dropping" their guns |
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