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| Rab team confined | |
| 2010-05-23 | |
| Agitating villagers confined a team of Rapid Action Battalion to a house for over five hours early yesterday for allegedly trying to implicate a local businessman in an illegal arms possession charge. Expect the RAB to return at about 3:30 am to teach the uppity villagers a lesson ... The villagers of Natuardanga village in Sadar upazila confined the Rab-6 personnel as the team led by Maj Kamruzzaman went to search the house of Shafiqul Islam, owner of a shrimp enclosure, around 12:30am. Danged rules of engagement! Shafiq, also organising secretary of Shibpur union unit Awami League, claims when the Rab men attempted to raid his house, he urged them to do it in presence of the villagers. "I dare you, I double dare you", in his best Samuel L. Jackson voice. He alleges the Rab members cut the balcony grills to enter the house and laid three shutter guns inside. As in Soviet Russia, in Sadar upzila, the shutter guns find you! Can't be true: everyone knows that there isn't more than one shutter gun ... On information, hundreds of villagers surrounded the house and confined the Rab men to it around 2:30am. Sarge: Ain't the shootout s'posed to begin about now? SHADDUP! A team of Satkhira Sadar police led by Officer-in-Charge Hashem Khan arrived on the scene around 5:30am but could not ease the situation. Another Rab team of 12 members also reached the spot to help the police. Hundreds of villagers, a worthless RAB team reinforcement, and no shootout; what's a band of thugs to do? After over two hours of talks between the villagers and the Rab-police joint force, Maj Kamruzzaman came out of the house and reportedly regretted the raid and misunderstanding. "We are few; Paleface are many. I counsel peace..." At around 8:00 in the morning the protesters lifted the siege and allowed the Rab men to leave the place. Sorry, folks. No necktie party today! Kamruzzaman told reporters they conducted the raid acting on a tip off and recovered three arms from the house. On the other hand, Shafiq said he had seen some unknown people enter the balcony with the Rab men and leave the arms there. Did the unknowns look like Old Biplobis or New Biplobis ... Deputy Assistant Director of Rab-6 Delwar Hossain filed a general diary with Sadar police regarding the "arms recovery". We don't need a whole diary, Delwar, a report will do ... OC Hashem Khan said they would investigate the matter and take proper action against those involved. Translation: RAB will be drilling in infiltration and survellance tactics for a month. | |
| Posted by:Seafarious |
| #5 How does that search turn up so many pictures of women? Luck? |
| Posted by: Deacon Blues 2010-05-23 16:48 |
| #4 You're right, KBK! How does that search turn up so many pictures of women? |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2010-05-23 15:57 |
| #3 For your amusement, google "shutter gun" -paintball click the Images link at the top, go to page 2, and start scrolling. We're famous, I tell you. |
| Posted by: KBK 2010-05-23 15:34 |
| #2 Oh, good. Looks like the new order of shutter guns came in... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2010-05-23 12:10 |
| #1 Ima thinkrn a life insurance policy on Shafiq might be a money-maker soon |
| Posted by: Frank G 2010-05-23 10:33 |