A listed criminal was killed during a shootout between his accomplices and members of the Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) at Green Model Town in the city's Sabujbagh early yesterday.

The dead, Mohammad Wasim, 28, was accused in two murder cases and a police assault case, police said.

Sabujbagh police quoting the First Information Report (FIR) filed by the Rab said a team of Rab-3 arrested him at Mugdapara at around 10:00pm on Sunday.

Following his statement, the Rab members took him to Green Model Town at around 2:00am to recover his hidden arms and arrest his cohorts. As the Rab team reached

the area, Wasim's accomplices opened fire on the law enforcers to which they retaliated triggering a gunfight.

Wasim received bullets in the head and chest when he tried to escape during the shootout. He died on the spot, while his accomplices fled.

Rab recovered a gun and three bullets from the spot.

Mohammad Nadim, brother of Wasim, said his brother had been living at Madanpur in Narayanganj for the last one year and was involved in fish trading there. He came to visit his brother's residence at Mugda on Sunday and was caught by Rab. He was on bail in all the three cases against him, Nadim added.