Dhaka, Nov 22 (Just News) : A suspected drug trader was killed in what the police called gunfight with detectives in Nayanpur village of Bhaluka, Mymensingh early Thursday.
The deceased was Mobarak Hossain, 38, son of Miar Uddin of the village and was wanted in several criminal cases including that of drugs.
Being tipped-off that a group of drug traders were handling drugs, a team of police conducted a drive in the area. Officer-in-charge of detective branch of district police, as saying.
Sensing presence of the law enforcers, the criminals opened fire on them forcing them to fire back in self-defense.
At one stage, police detained Mobarak with bullet injuries and took him to Mymensingh Medical College Hospital where the duty doctors declared him dead.
Two policemen sustained minor injuries during the gunfight, he added.
Huge Yaba tablets, one pistol, one pipe gun and four bullets were recovered from the spot.
however, could not verify the law enforcement’s version of the incident independently as no version of it was available immediately either from any witness or from any member of the victim’s family.
At least 437 people have fallen victims to extrajudicial killings across the country in 10 months from January this year, according to Ain O Salish Kendra (ASK), a human rights body in the country.
(JustNews/mj/1216hr.)
