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Two killed in 'encounters' withRab

OUR CORRESPONDENT, Barisal
TWo outlawed party leaders were killed in separate incidents of "crossfire" and "shootout" between the Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) and the associates of the two in Barisal and Pabna yesterday.
Jalal Bepari, 40, regional leader of Kamrul group of the outlawed Sarbahara Party, was- killed in a "shootout" between the Rab and Iris party men at uauuganj upazna oi Barisal district at about 4:15am yesterday.
Captain Iftekhar, commander of the Barisa! Rab camp, said Jalal Bepari was arrested from the Gowalpara Khal area under Agorpur union of Babuganj upazila on Sunday morning.
On the basis of information prised out of him about arms and his men, the Rab took Jalal to Brahmandia of Babuganj In the early hours yesterday, the Rab sources said.
When the Rab team reached near the Gowalpara Khal at Brahmandia, the associates of Jalal attacked them in abid toffee Jalal. A20-mInute gunfight ensued as the Rab also fired back.
Jalal was killed in the "crossfire" while trying to flee.
The Rab recovered one pipe gun with three rounds of ammunition from the area after the miscreants fled.
Nayek Sekandar of the Rab was also injured in the incident.
The dead body of Jalal was sent to Barisal Sher-e-Bangla Medical College Hospital for postmortem.
Earlier on Monday afternoon, in an interview with local journalists at the Barisal Rab camp Jalal denied all allegations against him including his involvement with the Sarbahara Party. He claimed there was no case against him except a case of felling trees from a disputed land and that he worked for Golam Kibria Dou, local Jatiya Party nominee in fast parliamentary elections.
A notorious criminal in the northwestern part of Barisal, Jalal was wanted by different police stations in Barisal in a dozen cases for two murders, toll collection, extortion and rape.
Meanwhile, the UNB sources reported that "Tiger" Alam alias "Dakat" Alam of the outlawed Purba Banglar Communist Party was killed in a "shootout" between the Rab and his associates in Iswardi upazila yesterday.
Alam, 35, son of Bahar Ali Niazi of village Banglapara, was also an "infamous dacoit".
The Rab personnel rushed to village Khairaair in the upazila at 11 am after a tip-off that a gang of the