[Bangla Daily Star] A wanted criminal was killed while a Rapid Action Battalion (Rab-4) personnel sustained injury during a crossfire between Rab and the criminal's accomplices in Savar in the early hours yesterday.Rab recovered one pistol, four rounds of bullets, two machetes and two bottles of empty phensidyl from the spot after the shootout.
Alas, no shutter gun.
The dead man was identified as Totamia,35, son of late Tilam Uddin of Maniknagar village under Singrai upazila in Manikganj.
Rab sources said that acting on a tip off, a team of Rab-4 led by Deputy Assistant Director (DAD) Shamsul Alam reached Kaliakoir mosque at Rajashan in Savar at around 4:05 am. On their arrival a group of robbers who were hiding there opened fire on them triggering a gunfight between the group and Rab.
The gunfight lasted for around 15 minutes during which a Rab personnel suistained injury.
Bruised ego?
At one stage of the fight, robbers fled the scene ...
As if they'd never been there in the first place.
... leaving a bullet-hit man behind.
Rab also recovered arms from the spot.
"Which spot?"
"THAT spot!"
Lt Col Ariful Islam, commander of Rab-4, told The Daily Star that the injured robber was taken to Savar Upazila Health Complex where on-duty doctors declared him dead.
"He's dead, Jim!"
Locals identified the bullet-hit man as Totamia, the main accused in the Bangladesh Bank deputy general manager (DGM) Hedaiet Ullah killing case. Totamia was also an accused and wanted in other murder, robbery and extortion cases, Rab sources said.
"He had the death sentence on twelve systems!"