A listed criminal was killed in 'shootout' and 25 were arrested as police and Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) started special drive in southwestern Kushtia, Chuadanga, Jhedidah and Meherpur districts on Monday midnight.If you want the front seat for a midnight drive with the Rab, ya have to be the first to yell "Shuttergun!".
In Kushtia, gang leader Selim Hossain alias Saltu was killed in 'shootout with Rab at Lahinipara village in Sadar upazila early yesterday. He was second-in-command of criminal gang Kamal Bahini, sources said.
Second-in-command's have the same life span as Mike Vick's dogs
Tipped off, Mahmoud the Rat strikes again
a Rab team raided a house of Lahinipara at about 3:30am When else?
when the criminals led by Saltu started to flee
"Curly-toed sandles, don't fail us now!"
opening fire on the law enforcers,
"Open reckless random ineffective fire!"
[BANG! BANG! BANGETY BANG!]
who fired back,
[KAPOW! KATHING!]
Duh
resulting in a half an hour-long gunfight, Rab said.
Five minutes to drag Saltu out and shoot him, five minutes to stage the evidence, twenty minutes for coffee
Hit with the bullets, gang leader Saltu died on the spot.
"Aaaaaiiiieeee! [Thud!] Rosebud! [RATTLE!]"
All together now, "He's dead, Jim"
Hailing from Mollateghoria village in Kushtia Sadar upazila, Saltu was a listed criminal and accused in several cases
| On Saturday, outlawed Purbo Banglar Communist Party (PBCP-ML) set postures and distributed leaflets in Chuadanga vowing to 'avenge the killing' of the outfit's founder Mofakhkhar Hossain. |
On Saturday, outlawed Purbo Banglar Communist Party (PBCP-ML) set postures and distributed leaflets in Chuadanga vowing to 'avenge the killing' of the outfit's founder Mofakhkhar Hossain, who was killed in 'crossfire' with Rab on December 17 of 2004 in Kushtia.
"We must have revenge. Dire revenge!"
Following threat by the outlaws, Deputy Inspector General of police of Khulna M Asaduzzaman Mia ordered the police officials of four districts to start special drive to nab the outlaws and criminals. At least 462 'crossfire' killings took place in ten districts of southwestern region since the start of such operations in June 2004.