 [Bangla Daily Star] At least four pirates were injured during a gunbattle with the forest guards at Boyatir Khal under Sharankhola range of Sundarban Forest Division Thursday evening.
| Flying splinters or abdominal injuries with the promise of sepsis? |
The injured could not be arrested as they managed to flee with their accomplices in one of their engine boats.
Md Ekramul Huq, station officer of Sharankhola range office, said the gunfight began when on-duty forest guards patrolling the area came under attack by a group of pirates of 'Ali Bahini' in the evening.
| That's entirely too close to 'Ali Baba' to be accidental. How many of them were there? |
Forest guards opened fire as soon as they came under gun attack by the outlaws, said Divisional Forest Officer Mihir Kumar.
They exchanged a hundred rounds of bullet during the clash that lasted for an hour, he added.
| I assume the guards could calculate how many rounds they expended by counting those remaining, but how could they know the count used by the forest pirates (I know, but what else is one to call them?)? I've been in forests, and anything not visible from the path is effectively gone forever. |
The forest guards seized one engine boat from the spot left by the pirates.
Meanwhile, coast guards, police and forest guards jointly launched special drive to nab the criminals.
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