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Bangladesh
Outlaw killed as outfits clash in Pabna
2010-09-12
[Bangla Daily Star] Two outlawed groups traded heavy gunfire in Chatmohor upazila of Pabna on Friday night, leaving an operative killed, police said.
What - did the RAB have the weekend off and hired temps?
Sub-inspector Sirjul Haque, acting officer-in-charge, of the Chatmohor Police Station, told The Daily Star that the activists of the banned Purbo Banglar Communist Party (PBCP-Lal Pataka) and Noxal Bahini got into the firefight at Saratgajn Bazar around 9:30pm.
Are the Noxal Bahini also Maoists, like the Purbo Banglars?
After the battle, police around midnight recovered the body of Md Rakibullah, 25, son of Sorab Ali of the same upazila. Police said he was belonged to the Noxal Bahini.

Police also found several cartages of bullet and a machete on the scene, reports our Pabna correspondent.

The outlawed outfits have been fighting themselves for long for capturing control over the area.

However, locals said in addition to firing shots, the criminals used a huge number of bombs during the clash, creating panic among residents on the eve of the Eid-ul-Fitr.

Shopkeepers at Saratganj closed the shutters.

Police detained a man named Bakur for interrogation, but it was not known if he belongs to any of the groups.

Police is due to send the body to Pabna General Hospital morgue for autopsy.
"He really is dead, Jim. Happy Eid!"
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