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Outlaw Akkel killed in 'crossfire' hours after confession

STAR REPORT
Outlawed leader Akkel Ali was killed in 'crossfire' between his associates and police in Madaripur in the early hours yesterday, 24 hours after he gave a confessional statement about killings of two police officials. He was on police remand.
A regional leader of outlawed Purbo Banglar Communist Party's (PBCP) Janajuddha faction was killed in a 'shootout' between police and outlaws in Kushtia on Thursday, reports our Kushtia correspondent.
Akkel's death in 'crossfire' raised questions among locals and his family whether he had given a confessional statement regarding the killings of two officials of Detective Branch (DB) of police.
They suspect he was killed 'in typical line of crossfire' to hide the fact behind the 'missing drama' of the two policemen.
The kidnapped police officials' families believe the confessional statement was arranged and then Akkel was killed. They also believe the missing police officials are still alive.
"It seems Madaripur police are staging a drama over the killings of the two policemen to hide their failure to rescue them," said a close relative of missing SI Hasnain Azam.
First Class Magistrate Abdul Hakim told reporters he recorded Akkel's statement but cannot remember its contents.
Meanwhile, the government yesterday transferred Madaripur Superintendent of Police Makbul Hossain Bhuiyan to Narail. Source said the transfer order came for his failure to rescue the police officials.
Earlier on Tuesday, police arrested Akkel from Mohammadpur in the capital in connection with the kidnapping of DB officials Azam and Kamrul Islam in Rajoir upazila in Madaripur.
Police said they along with DB men took Akkel to Hasankandi village in Rajoir upazila and came under fire from his accomplices. They returned fire and Akkel died in 'crossfire'.
In Kushtia, PBCP regional leader Laltu, 33, was killed and at least five of his associates were injured in an encounter with police in Malihad in Mirpur upazila on Thursday.
A police-ansar joint patrol team of Mirpur Police Station challenged a group of about 10 people on Malihad field at about 11:00pm.
Police said the gang opened fire on the law enforcers and they returned fire, leading to an hour-long clash.
The police found Laltu dead when his accomplices retreated. They recovered a rifle, six cocktails and seven bullets.
Sixty-six people have so far been killed in 'crossfire' or armed encounters with the law-enforcersin Kushtia.