[Bangla Daily Star] One suspected criminal was killed in a shootout between police and his cohorts at the capital's Porabosti slum at Kalyanpur early yesterday.
Police tossed in the slammer three of the gang, one of them bullet-hit, and recovered a private car,
| Whoa! What happened to "vanished, as if they'd never been"? |
| Either the collective cunning of the miscreants has decreased in recent months, or the patience of the police has... |
one pistol, five bullets and two sharp weapons from their possession, said Kazi Wazed Ali, officer-in-charge of Mirpur Police Station.
Assistant Sub-inspector Zamilur Rahman was also hit in the leg during the shootout. He was admitted to Rajarbagh Police Lines Hospital, Wazed added.
| "Doc, come quick! He stubbed his toe!" |
The dead is Nur Hossain, 32, who pegged out at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) around 5:45am, around five hours after he was hit in the leg.
| While there may have been toe-stubbing for Mr. Hossain, his case was in the end determined to be considerably more complicated. Thank goodness Dr. Quincy was on duty. |
Injured Babu, 25, was undergoing treatment at DMCH. The two other detainees -- Rony Hossain, 25, and Abdur Rashid, 40 -- were placed on a three-day remand for interrogation.
"Assistant sub-inspector, fetch the mustache wax. It's going to be a long three days."
"But Sarge, I've been wounded -- remember my toe?"
"Stiff upper lip, man -- expect every man to do his duty and all-that-kind-of-thing." |
Police said a plainclothes police team signalled the private car as it was passing through the slum at about 12:15am.
| Step five: after all good citizens have sought their pillows... |
Not stopping, the criminals opened fire prompting the police to fire back.
| What could they do, it was practically an engraved invitation! |
"At one stage, one of the five gang members bravely ran away firing shots indiscriminately," the OC said.
| And equally bravely hit nothing, thank goodness. |
Babul Hossain, a local tea vendor, said the gang tried to flee the spot
| That spot. The one under the X. |
leaving the car but locals caught two of them while two others, hit by bullet, fell on the ground.
| Two men, one bullet? Impressive... |
The gang went to the area to sell the car, which was hijacked from city's Mohammadpur area three days ago, Wazed said.
Police are trying to identify the car owner. |