 [Bangla Daily Star] A leader of Janajuddha faction
of outlawed Purbo Banglar Communist Party (PBCP-ML) was killed in a 'shootout' between his cohorts and Rab at Goashbari village under Ataikula Police Station in Pabna
| Presumably somewhere on the map...but it sounds too small to see without one of Old Patriot's special maps and a stronger pair of glasses. |
early yesterday.
Ziarul Rahman, 28, alias Bomaru Zia,
| A good alias, to be sure. |
son of Mofiz Uddin of the village, was operational commander of the outlawed party.
Habibul Islam,
| Golly. With a name like that, one might begin to suspect he's probably not a Lutheran . |
officer-in-charge of the cop shoppe, said a patrol team of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) challenged a gang of outlaws near Goashbari High School at about 3:00am as they were roaming there suspiciously.
| Everyone knows only the most hardened of miscreants hang out at high schools. |
Spider senses tingling at the proximity of the elite force, the outlaws opened fire on the law enforcers forcing them to fire back.
| It's like getting an engraved invitation from the queen, you see. No real choice about how to respond. |
Ziarul was caught in the line of fire while trying to flee the scene.
| He somehow managed to flee in exactly the right way to acquire one bullet behind each ear. Quite clever, if you think about it. |
His body was sent to Pabna Medical College Hospital morgue for his appointment with Doctor Quincy.
"He's dead, Jim."
"Your perspicacity continues to amaze, Dr. Quincy. (Perspicacity is the word for today on my "Word of the Day" calendar)." |
Police seized a shutter gun, a pistol, two magazines, one cartridge and five bullets from the spot.
| Subsequently cleaned by the newest Rab recruit, polished to a gleam, and stored in their individual velvet bags until next they will be needed. |
Ziarul was wanted in several cases including seven for murder, police said.
| An old-fashioned badman. The modern ones all go in for ISI-sponsored jihad. |
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