Man killed in ‘gunfight’

Man killed in ‘gunfight’

Dhaka, Dec 2 (Just News) : A man was killed in what the law enforcers called gunfight with Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in Shahidnagar in Dhaka early Sunday.

The deceased was Hasan, 38.

Being tipped off, a team of the elite force conducted a drive in the area to recover drugs.

Sensing the presence of RAB members, the criminal opened fire on them, forcing them to fire back, triggering the gunfight.

The gunfight left him dead on the spot.

Two RAB men were also injured during the brief gunfight.

The elite force members also recovered a foreign pistol, four round bullets and 2,500 Yaba tablets from the spot.

Hasan was accused in more than 20 cases.

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 victims' families.

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/1100hr.)