Four suspected robbers were killed in what Rapid Action Battalion claimed was a gunfight in Chandpai range of Sundarbans today.
All the deceased were members of a robber gang, locally known as ‘Hasan Bahini’, Assistant Superintendent of Police Taijul Islam, also an official of Rab-8.
The Rab team was on its regular patrol last night when a group of robbers opened fire on them triggering a “gunfight” in retaliation, the ASP said.
At one point of the “gunfight”, the robbers fled the scene.
Rab recovered a huge cache of weapons and ammunition from the spot, he said.
Identities of the deceased and other details about the incident could not be known immediately.
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