2 more pirates killed in Noakhali \\\'encounter\\\'

Two more pirates were killed on Saturday in an 'encounter' with Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) at Companyganj Upazila in Noakhali district. Rab says those killed were ‘outlaws’ of the ‘Jasu gang’. Shahadat Hossain Jasu was killed in a similar encounter with Rab on Thursday. Maj Shahed of Rab-11 said the gang’s second-in-command ‘Jabed’, 28, and Jasu’s bodyguard ‘Sumon’, 26, were killed in the encounter at Charkhali Ghat under Companyganj Upazila on Saturday morning. Rab claimed to have recovered a ‘huge cache’ of firearms from the spot but did not elaborate. The elite force said the raids in various areas of Companyganj and Sandwip began on Monday to nab ‘pirates’ operating in the areas, according to bdnews24.com.