Outlaw killed in shootout with RAB in Pabna
Sunday, 5 October 2008
PABNA, Oct 5 (UNB): An outlawed party leader was killed in a shootout between his cohorts and the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) members at Raghunathpur in Ataikula thana early Saturday.
The deceased was identified as Shahidul Islam Shahid of Kalibari village in Ataikula thana. Shahid was a regional leader of Purbo Banglar Communist Party (ML-Lal Pataka), RAB sources said.
Acting on a tip-off, a team of RAB-12 went to Raghunathpur where the extremists were holding a clandestine meeting at about 2.00 am. Sensing their presence, the gang opened fire on the elite force, forcing them to fire back that triggered a gunbattle. At one stage, the outlawed party members managed to flee the scene.
The deceased was identified as Shahidul Islam Shahid of Kalibari village in Ataikula thana. Shahid was a regional leader of Purbo Banglar Communist Party (ML-Lal Pataka), RAB sources said.
Acting on a tip-off, a team of RAB-12 went to Raghunathpur where the extremists were holding a clandestine meeting at about 2.00 am. Sensing their presence, the gang opened fire on the elite force, forcing them to fire back that triggered a gunbattle. At one stage, the outlawed party members managed to flee the scene.