Outlawed party leader dies in shootout with police
Monday, 28 July 2008
NAOGAON, July 27 (bdnews24.com): A top leader of an outlawed party died early Sunday in an exchange of gunfire with the police in the district, a police official said.
The deceased was identified as Dr Mizanur Rahman, alias Dadabhai, the organising leader of Purbo Bangla Communist Party (ML Lal Potaka), an extremist party of the south, officer-in-charge (OC) of Raninogor police station Tofazzal Hossain confirmed.
Acting on a tip off, a special team of Naogaon, Atrai and Raninogor police, led by Naogaon additional superintendent of police Aminul Islam, went to a secret meeting of the PBCP faction on the Kaligram Eidgah ground in Raninogor Upazila, Tofazzal said.
Sensing the presence of the police, the extremists began firing and the police retaliated.
The police captured Mizanur, who was injured by a bullet. He was rushed to the Raninogor Hospital where the duty doctors declared him dead.
The OC said the special police team also seized two firearms, 25 rounds of ammunition and a number of other arms.
There are about 200 cases, including 16 murders, against the leader with different police stations in the country.
The deceased was identified as Dr Mizanur Rahman, alias Dadabhai, the organising leader of Purbo Bangla Communist Party (ML Lal Potaka), an extremist party of the south, officer-in-charge (OC) of Raninogor police station Tofazzal Hossain confirmed.
Acting on a tip off, a special team of Naogaon, Atrai and Raninogor police, led by Naogaon additional superintendent of police Aminul Islam, went to a secret meeting of the PBCP faction on the Kaligram Eidgah ground in Raninogor Upazila, Tofazzal said.
Sensing the presence of the police, the extremists began firing and the police retaliated.
The police captured Mizanur, who was injured by a bullet. He was rushed to the Raninogor Hospital where the duty doctors declared him dead.
The OC said the special police team also seized two firearms, 25 rounds of ammunition and a number of other arms.
There are about 200 cases, including 16 murders, against the leader with different police stations in the country.