 ‘Listed criminal’ killed in police ‘encounter’ in city
A top ‘listed criminal’ was killed yesterday in an ‘encounter’ between the members of Detective Branch (DB) police and a gang of armed miscreants at Mirpur in the city. Two cops, including a police inspector, were also injured in the encounter.
The dead was identified as Omar Faruque alias Killer Faruque (26), son of Yasin Sikder and a resident of Uttarpara, Kaundia under Savar police station. | I'm sure his dad was real proud of "Killer" |
The deceased was an accused in over a dozen of criminal cases, including eight murder cases, with different police stations. | A dangerous man, wanted on 12 systems |
He was also an accused in the Commissioner Newton murder case. Earlier, a team of the DB police arrested Faruque from Dhaka on October 13.
The injured policemen are Inspector Abdul Awal and police constable Ashraful. They are now undergoing treatment at Rajarbagh Police Line Hospital. | Tripped over each other trying to get the last doughnut |
According to the police sources, a team of the DB police along with Faruque went to Nawaberbagh Embankment area under Shah Ali police station to arrest criminals and recover arms and ammunition from their possession at around 1:35am. | Dark, deserted river embankment at 1:35am, perfect place to stage a "encounter" |
Sensing the presence of police, the criminals fired gunshots on the law-enforcers prompting them to retaliate. | "It's da law! Open wild, ineffective random fire!" |
Faruque and the two cops received bullet injuries during the shootout. | "If I told you once, I told you a dozen times, Inspector. Try not to hit the guys holding the suspect down!" |
Later, the police recovered a pistol loaded with one round bullet and four rounds of bullet from the spot.
The bullet-injured Faruque was rushed to the Emergency Department of Dhaka Medical College Hospital where the attending doctor declared him dead.
Police torture in medieval way
Oct 18: Police in medieval style tortured 5 alleged dacoits in the town in presence of scores of people evoking strong resentments. | Went medievel on their asses, huh? |
Witnesses said the victims were hanged from branches of tree in front of the thana and beaten mercilessly in presence of scores of onlookers. The medieval style barbaric action of the police evoked strong resentments of the people. | But, I'll wager it got their attention |
Yusuf, Delwar Hossain Rana, Rabiul Alam, Mainuddin Manik and Mofizur Rahman – all aged around 20 – were arrested by the police from Pathanpara in the town Monday midnight when they were allegedly preparing for dacoity in a house. A pipegun, 3 homemade bombs and a knife were recovered from them, police said. | Lucky they didn't have an "encounter" |
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