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4 outlaws killed in 'crossfire'

OUR CORRESPONDENT, Kushtia
Four outlawed political operatives were killed in three incidents of "shootout" and "crossfire" between their cadres and law enforcers in Pabna, Kushtia and Rajbari early yesterday.
Of them, two Purbo Banglar Communist Party (PBCP-red flag) cadres were killed in "crossfire" with the Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in Pabna, while two Gono Mukti Fouj
(GMF) cadres were killed in "shootout" and "crossfire" with police in Kushtia and Rajbari.
According to Rab-5 in Pabna, the elite crime-busting force on Sunday arrested PBCP cadres Mujibur and Panu from Baroipara farm at Kaliakoir in Gazipur district with four other accomplices, who had been hiding there to evade arrest.
The Rab in a press release said the criminals were taken to Rajshahi and quizzed when they confessed
to possessing firearms hidden at different places in Pabna.
Following the leads, as the Rab team reached Daripara in Faridpur upazila of Pabna to recover the firearms, the PBCP men opened fire on them resulting in a gunfight at about 3:45pm.
The Rab said Mujibur and Panu got caught in the "crossfire" as they tried to escape from the Rab vehicle and died on the spot. The Rab team retrieved one shutter gun and 20 bullets from the spot.
Police said Mujibur of Kalikapur village of Faridpur upazila in Pabna was accused in 20 different cases including nine for murder, while Panu of village Modi was accused in 19 cases including eight for murder.
In the Kushtia incident, the sadar police arrested GMF cadre Sujon Hossain from Lahinipara of Kushtia with a rifle on Sunday morning.
Based on information extracted from him, when a police team went to recover more firearms, the GMF operatives ambushed them at Nagar Mohammadpur of sadar upazila at about 4:00am. As the law enforcers fired back, a two-hour gun battle ensued.
At one stage, while attempting to escape from the police van, Sujon was caught in the line of firing and died on the spot, the police said.
According to police, Sujon, a deputy chief of the outfit, was accused in five murder cases.
In another incident, Rajbari police said they arrested GMF cadre Sajal of Manikkat of Pangsha upazila, accused in five murder cases, from Manikganj district on Sunday night.
Sajal was taken to Rajbari where during an interrogation he admitted to possessing firearms hidden at different places in Rajbari.
Upon his information, as a team of Pangsha police reached Mathurapur village to recover the hidden firearms at about 2.30am, the GMF cadres opened fire on them. The police also returned the fire, resulting in an hours-long gunfight.
Sajal received bullets in the "crossfire" while jumping off from the police van to escape. He died on the spot.
The police recovered a pistol and a shutter gun from the spot.