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Jubo League man, 3 outlaws killed in ’crossfire’

Rab, police action in Narayanganj, Jhenidah, Kushtia

Staff Correspondent
A Jubo League activist and three members of outlawed parties were killed yesterday in 'crossfire' during three separate operations by the police and Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in Narayanganj, Jhenidah and Kushtia.
In Narayanganj, Jubo League activist Shafiqul Islam, 27, was killed in an encounter between the Rab *3 team and an armed gang at Siddhirganj on the bank of river Shitalakkhya in the early hours
yesterday, Rab sources said.
The victim's family members however alleged it was a 'coldblooded' murder. They also accused the Rab of taking bribe for his release before the killing, an allegation that Rab denied.
Two members of outlawed Biplobi Communist Party (BCP-Haq)—Abdul Mazid, 45, and Rajkumar, 48 -died in a gunfight between the police and the outlawed at Madhabpur in Jhenidah in the early hours yesterday, says our Kushtia correspondent.
After the shootout, the police seized arms and ammunition from thespot
In Kushtia, a wanted leader of outlawed Purbo Banglar Communist Party (PBCP-ML) Sirajul Islam alias 'Kosnai Siraj,’ 36, was killed in another shootout between the police and the PBCP men at Kazipur in Daulatpur upazila eartyycsteruay.
NARAYANGANJ INCIDENT
A team of Rab-3 raided the house of Shafiqul. a member of Shiddhirganj Jubo League convening committee, at Ailpara at around 4:00am Monday. Failing to arrest him, die team arrested his brother-in-law Liton and tenant Akhtar Hossain.
Liter, the Rab members searched the nearby house of Shafiqul's uncle and arrested him.
Nasima Begum, mother of Shafiqul alleged die Rab men were accompanied by local BNP activists during the raid. Shafiqul tried to avoid arrest giving a false identity but BNP cadre Sumon exposed his identity to the Rab, she alleged.
Nasima said the Rab men then dragged Shafiqul out of the house and shot ui Ills leg. I hey also asked Nasima and her two daughters not to disclose anything about the incident and the names of the BNP men who helped Rab.
The Rab men then took the Jubo League activist to Rab-3 office at Adamjee. The family members of Shafiqul alleged they heard gunshots from the Rab office.’Hie Rab members did not let them meet the arrestee, they said.
The body of Shafiqul was found yesterday at Siddhirganj on the bank ofShitalakkya.
Officials of Rab-3 said they arrested 12 accomplices of notorious 'Mat! Bahini' including Shafiqul from Ailpara in the early hours Monday. Following his statement the Rab raided a cement factory in the early hours yesterday and seized some arms and ammunition.
During the arms seizure operations. the Rab officials said, the accomplices of the arrestees attacked the Rab team from a boat in the Shitalakkya river that triggered a gunfight between them. Shafiqul received bullets while escaping from the custody and died on the spot The attackers managed to flee with the boat
The victim's mother further alleged that she gave Tk 1 lakh to one Rab source for his release. Shafiqul was killed by Rab on the instruction of
the BNP leaders, she said.
Rab-3 Commanding Officer Lt Col Gulzar denied the allegations and told The Daily Star last night that there is no room for bribing the Rab. "We do not consider the political identity of the criminals...We follow our own intelligence sources," he said. JHENIDAH INCIDENT TWo alleged BCP cadres, Mazid and Rajkumar, were arrested by a team of Jhenidah police at Paharkala village in Sadar upazila Monday night, the police said.
The team came under attack by the outlawed men at around 12:45am while returning to the police station after raiding a couple of spots for arms seizure.
Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Sadar Police Station said the BCP men opened fire on the police van when it reached Madhabpur. The law-enforcers returned fire and the gunfight continued for five hours. At least 150 rounds of gunshots were exchanged.
Rajkumar and Mazid received bullets while trying to escape from the van and died on the spot at around 4:30am. ’their accomplices fled, the police said.
Sub-Inspector (ST) Fazlur Rahman and Constable Mafizul Islam were also injured during the shootout. They were admitted to Jhenidah Sadar Hospital
The police recovered four pipeguns, one shutter-gun, one foreign-made revolver, ammunition and three other weapons from the spot.
KUSHTIAINCIDENT
The police nabbed Sirajul Islam, a regional leader of the outlawed PBCB from a house at Badda in the capital on Friday night He was then sent to Kushtia for quizzing.
Following his confessional statement, the police raided Kazipur village to seize firearms at about 430:am yesterday. When the police team reached the village, the PBCP cadres opened fire on police triggering a gunfight.
Both sides traded around 100 shots during the hour-long shootout. Siraj tried to escape during the encounter and died on the spot receiving bullets, the police said.
Police recovered one foreign-made revolver, one rifle and four bullets from the spot and sent the body to KushtiaGeneral Hospital for autopsy.
Siraj, who allegedly led a triple murder incident at Kazipara on October 22, was accused in 17 cases including nine murder cases.