'Criminal' killed in 'crossfire'
A man with criminal records was killed in an alleged encounter between police and his accomplices, eight hours after his arrest in the city's Kafrul area. The incident, which took place in the early hours of yesterday, also left a police constable injured. The dead, identified as Pichchi Jahangir, alias Russell, 25, son of Abdul Quddus Sheikh of Pabna, was accused in eight criminal cases, including two for murder. 
On Monday at noon, Jahangir and several accomplices shot one Kabir Uddin, a guard of a building under construction at Ananda Road of Ibrahimpur, in a bid to extort Golam Ahmed Babul, the owner of the land. Jahangir was caught while fleeing from the scene. When quizzed in police custody, Jahangir disclosed his plan to meet his mates near a lake in the Bhasantek area of the Kafrul Police Station. | "OK, I'll take you to my mates, but I ain't hidden no guns, see?" |
Police then went on a hunt with Jahangir to nab his accomplices - Anu, Taj, Mintu and others - at various places in Mirpur on Monday. Three teams of Kafrul police, following his statement, reached near the lake at 12:30am, said Jane Alam, Officer-in-Charge of the Kafrul Police Station. | It was a dark night, 30 minutes past midnite, on the deserted lake shore when suddenly a shot rang out..... |
Jahangir's mates opened fire on the police teams, injuring police constable Mashiur Rahman in the right leg, Jane Alam said, adding the police returned fire in defence.
"Jahangir tried to flee when he found Mashiur injured but received bullets in the head and chest, shot by his accomplices during the shootout," Jane Alam said. | Yeah, it always happens that way |
Jahangir's mates fled the scene in the dark, after which police recovered a local-made pistol, five bullets, two shells and a mobile phone from the spot.
Injured Jahangir and Constable Mashiur were rushed to the Dhaka Medical College and Hospital where doctors declared Jahangir dead. Mashiur was shifted to Rajarbagh Police Lines Hospital. Jahangir's body was sent to the DMCH morgue. | "Doctor Quincy, we got another one." |
Maksuda Akhtar Chobi, wife of Jahangir and the mother of a three-year old, said the police 'deliberately' killed him. | Really? That's never happened before |
Earlier the police had taken Jahangir to his Mirpur section 14 residence at around 4:30pm to confirm his identity. Maksuda said. "As I did not disclose his real name, the police picked me up along with my brother Mizanur Rahman and my daughter," she told The Daily Star yesterday at the DMCH. Police held Maksuda and her daughter in custody for the night and released them in the morning.
Meanwhile, police rescued an unidentified youth, aged around 15, clad in a white vest and black trousers, from a road in front of the Motijheel Ideal Government Primary School at 1:15am yesterday. Doctors at the DMCH declared him dead. The youth was unconscious when police recovered him. | Well, that's their story. It could be true |
His mouth and body were tied with tape and he had marks of bruises on his neck and right ear, said a police report. |