'Gunfight' with police kills 'robber' in Cumilla

Cumilla, Apr 18 (UNB): A suspected robber was killed in a reported gunfight between his cohorts and police at Raipur in Daudkandi upazila early Wednesday.

The dead is Rubayet Hossain Babul, son of Imam Hossain of Madhabdi upazila in Narsingdi district.

Mizanur Rahman, officer-in-charge (OC) of Daudkandi thana, said a team of police arrested two robbers Babul and Maruf Ahmed from Dhaka's Uttara area on Monday in connection with their alleged involvement in mugging a covered van of export oriented fabrics from Daudkandi area.

Later, police along with two others conducted a drive on Dhaka-Chittagong highway in Raipur area around 3:00 am to nab their associates.

Babul caught in the line of fire while he was trying to flee the scene and sustained bullet injures.

Later, he died on the way to Comilla Medical College Hospital, police said.