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BCL leader, outlaw killed in 'crossfire'

OUR CORRESPONDENT, Kushtia
A Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) leader and an outlaw were killed in 'crossfire' during separate incidents of 'shootout' between the law enforcers and the outlaws in Kushtia and Chuadanga early yesterday.
BCL leader Mustafa Hasan Titas, 33, was killed in Kushtia while Purbo Banglar Communist Party (PBCP-ML) cadre Asadul Islam alias Palash, 41, in Chuadanga, police and Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) sources said.
According to a Rab statement, Rab-6 unit arrested Titas, former joint secretary of the Kushtia district unit of BCL, and vice-president of Kushtia Islamia College Students Union, in the district town on Tuesday at about 9:00pm.
Later, during interrogation at the Rab-6 office, Titas confessed to his involvement with the underground political party Gono Mukti Fouz (GMF) and to having firearms hidden at different places in the district. Following his statement, Rab took him to Alampur in sadar upazila to retrieve firearms at about 4:00am yesterday. As they reached the village, the accomplices of Titas opened fire on the Rab team, prompting them to retaliate.
Rab officials said Titas, caught in crossfire during the gunfight, died on the spot.
Two shutter-guns and 30 bullets were retrieved from the spot.
The body was sent to Kushtia General Hospital for autopsy.
Police said Titas, who had long been absconding, was accused in four murder cases.
In Chuadanga, police arrested PBCP cadre Asadul Islam Palash at Jalsuka village in sadar upazila on Monday night.
Later police took him to a village to recover firearms at about 4:30am yesterday following his confessional statement. As they reached a graveyard of the village, Palash's accomplices ambushed the law enforcers, triggering an hour-long gunfight.
Police said Palash died on the spot when he was caught in “crossfire.”
Police recovered a shutter-gun from the spot.
The body was sent to Chuadanga Sadar Hospital for autopsy.
Police said Palash was accused in several cases, including seven for murder, filed with different police stations in the district.