3 ‘drug dealers’ killed in ‘gunfights’ in Dhaka, Jashore, Cox’s Bazar

3 ‘drug dealers’ killed in ‘gunfights’ in Dhaka, Jashore, Cox’s Bazar

Three alleged drug dealers were killed in separate “gunfights” in Dhaka, Jashore and Cox’s Bazar early today.

In Dhaka, Mehedi Hasan, 32, an accused of 17 drug-related cases, was killed in a reported gunfight with Rapid Action Battalion, Mohammad Mohiuddin Faruqui, company commander of rab-2 camp in Mohammadpur, told The Daily Star.

Acting on information that a group of drug peddlers are entering Dhaka with drugs, a team of Rab set up check posts in Gabtoli and Kalyanpur, the Rab official said.

After the dealers were spotted in Kalyanpur area they were approached for interrogation, but the gang opened fire forcing the Rab officials to retaliate, he said.

After the “gunfight", Mehedi was found bullet-hit and was taken to Suhrawardy Medical College and Hospital where doctors declared him dead, the Rab official added.

The other members of the group managed to flee the scene.

The law enforcers recovered a foreign revolver, five cartridges, and 300 grammes of heroin.

In Jashore, another alleged drug peddler was killed in a reported gunfight between two groups of drug dealers, Moshiur Rahman, officer-in-charge of Sharsha Police Station, said adding that identity of the deceased could not be known immediately.

On information that a gunfight was going on between two groups of drug peddlers, police went to Kuchemora and find the body of the deceased.

Police also recovered a Shootergun, one bullet and one and a half kilogrammes of weed from the spot.

In Cox's Bazar, a Rohingya youth identified as Zafar Alam, 26, son of Dil Mohammad of Nayapara Musoni no. 26 Rohingya camp in Teknaf, was killed in a “gunfight” with Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) members at Sabrang no. 5 sluice gate early today.

Tipped off, a team of BGB arrested Zafar on Tuesday night. Following his confessional statement, the BGB team along with Zafar conducted a drive in the area where a consignment of Yaba was being smuggling around 4:00 am, said Lieutenant Colonel Mohammad Asaduzzaman Chowdhury, commanding officer of BGB-2.

Sensing presence of the border guards, the smugglers opened fire on them, prompting them to fire back.

At one stage, BGB recovered the body of Zafar and 5,000 Yaba pills from the spot.

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