 [Bangla Daily Star] An alleged carjacker was killed in a "shootout" between his cohorts and DB police in the capital's Ramna Park area early yesterday.
The dead is Zakir Hossain Raju, 30, from Barguna district.
| A three-namer, suggesting solidly middle class antecedents. |
Acting on secret information
| *Ring, ring* "Mahmoud the Weasel's great-grandson four times removed, here." |
that a white private car was going towards Ramna after violating a police signal from Tejgaon industrial area,
| "Sergeant Belal! A dreadful crime is in progress!!" |
a team of Detective Branch (DB) of police chased the car from Bailey Road at around 3:00am, said Asaduzzaman, senior assistant commissioner of DB police.
When the car reached near Ramna Chinese Restaurant gate,
| That seems oddly specific, but perhaps it is more meaningful to a Bangladeshi readership... |
the carjackers opened fire on them,
triggering a "shootout," he said.
At one stage of the "shootout", Zakir was caught in the line of fire while the rest managed to flee the scene.
... as though they had never been...
claimed Asaduzzaman.
| And we believe him. Oh, yes! we believe! |
The injured was rushed to Dhaka Medical College Hospital where on-duty doctors declared him dead.
He's dead, Jim!
Police seized the car and recovered a pistol and three bullets.
| Which were polished by the summer intern before being returned to their velvet display cases in the evidence room. |
The car was hijacked from the capital's Dhanmondi area on May 5.
| A thoroughgoing miscreant, that one. It doesn't say, but we know he was wanted on twelve systems, and quite possibly his soul was so black with misdeeds that even his mother could not love him. |
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