BOGRA NEWS
A suspected firearms trader was killed in a ‘gunfight’ between his cohorts and Rapid Action Battalion personnel in Bogra Sadar upazila Tuesday morning.
The elite force members also arrested four alleged firearms traders and seized five hand bombs and two firearms during the drive.
Rab identified the deceased as Ranga, 25, reports
Describing the incident, Sumit Chowdhury, commander of Rab-12, in guise of buyers, had contacted with the gang and fixed Fire Service area in the district headquarters’s Thanthania for a meeting.
When the Rab team reached the area Monday midnight according to their schedule, the gang started to flee the scene as they came to know about the ambush, said Sumit Chowdhury.
But the elite forces managed to arrest four of them including Ranga.
Acting on the statements of the arrestees, the team raided the house of one Mostafa at Malgram around 1:00am Tuesday and arrested him along with five hand bombs, Sumit Chowdhury added.
The Rab men conducted another raid in Rabibari area of the upazila, following Ranga's statement, around 8:30am to recover hidden firearms.
As soon as the Rab men along with the arrestees entered a nursery in Rabibari area, the associates of Ranga opened fire on them. In self-defence, the elite force members also fired back, triggering a 'gunfight', the commander said.
Ranga was hit by a bullet when he tried to flee the scene, the commander added.
Critically injured Ranga was admitted to Shaheed Ziaur Rahman Medical College and Hospital where he succumbed to his injuries after half an hour, hospital sources said.
Rab members recovered a foreign-made revolver, a shooter gun and three sharp weapons from the nursery.
The four arrestees were taken to the local Rab office for interrogation.
The elite force members also arrested four alleged firearms traders and seized five hand bombs and two firearms during the drive.
Rab identified the deceased as Ranga, 25, reports
Describing the incident, Sumit Chowdhury, commander of Rab-12, in guise of buyers, had contacted with the gang and fixed Fire Service area in the district headquarters’s Thanthania for a meeting.
When the Rab team reached the area Monday midnight according to their schedule, the gang started to flee the scene as they came to know about the ambush, said Sumit Chowdhury.
But the elite forces managed to arrest four of them including Ranga.
Acting on the statements of the arrestees, the team raided the house of one Mostafa at Malgram around 1:00am Tuesday and arrested him along with five hand bombs, Sumit Chowdhury added.
The Rab men conducted another raid in Rabibari area of the upazila, following Ranga's statement, around 8:30am to recover hidden firearms.
As soon as the Rab men along with the arrestees entered a nursery in Rabibari area, the associates of Ranga opened fire on them. In self-defence, the elite force members also fired back, triggering a 'gunfight', the commander said.
Ranga was hit by a bullet when he tried to flee the scene, the commander added.
Critically injured Ranga was admitted to Shaheed Ziaur Rahman Medical College and Hospital where he succumbed to his injuries after half an hour, hospital sources said.
Rab members recovered a foreign-made revolver, a shooter gun and three sharp weapons from the nursery.
The four arrestees were taken to the local Rab office for interrogation.
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