A 40-year-old 'extremist' has been killed in a reported shootout with the elite crime busting agency, Rapid Action Battalion, at a sandbank in the Padma river at Kushtia's Kumarkhali.
The shootout took place at Charshadipur in Kumarkhali's Shilaidah area around 5:15am on Wednesday, RAB-12 Kushtia Camp Commander, Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Naimul Hassan told journalists.
"RAB-12 Kushtia and Pabna unit personnel team raided the location on a trawler after being tipped off that extremists were gathering there to plan anarchic activities."
"The terrorists, on sensing the presence of the law enforcers, shot at the RAB team boarding another trawler. RAB also retaliated and an hour-long gunfight ensued."
Hassan continued that the extremists retreated from the RAB fire and the law enforcers found a bullet-ridden body.
Locals identified the body as that of Tofazzal Hossain, son of Samir Uddin Mollah of Baruipara Village under Ambaria Union of Kushtia's Khoksa upazila.
The law enforcers claimed that the deceased was the regional leader of extremist organisation Ganamukti Fouz.
RAB also 'recovered' five light guns, five local sharp weapons and ammunition from the site.
Kumarkhali Police Station's Officer in-Charge Abdur Razzaque said that Tofazzal's body had been sent to the Kushtia Sadar Hospital's morgue and preparations to file a case was underway.
He added that there were multiple kidnapping and murder charges against the 'extremist' leader including the killing of local UP Chairman Nurul Islam.
The shootout took place at Charshadipur in Kumarkhali's Shilaidah area around 5:15am on Wednesday, RAB-12 Kushtia Camp Commander, Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Naimul Hassan told journalists.
"RAB-12 Kushtia and Pabna unit personnel team raided the location on a trawler after being tipped off that extremists were gathering there to plan anarchic activities."
"The terrorists, on sensing the presence of the law enforcers, shot at the RAB team boarding another trawler. RAB also retaliated and an hour-long gunfight ensued."
Hassan continued that the extremists retreated from the RAB fire and the law enforcers found a bullet-ridden body.
Locals identified the body as that of Tofazzal Hossain, son of Samir Uddin Mollah of Baruipara Village under Ambaria Union of Kushtia's Khoksa upazila.
The law enforcers claimed that the deceased was the regional leader of extremist organisation Ganamukti Fouz.
RAB also 'recovered' five light guns, five local sharp weapons and ammunition from the site.
Kumarkhali Police Station's Officer in-Charge Abdur Razzaque said that Tofazzal's body had been sent to the Kushtia Sadar Hospital's morgue and preparations to file a case was underway.
He added that there were multiple kidnapping and murder charges against the 'extremist' leader including the killing of local UP Chairman Nurul Islam.
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