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2 outlaws die in gunfight

Top extremist 'held' in India

Our Correspondent, Kushtia
Two cadres of the outlawed Gono Mukti Fouz (GMF) were killed in a gun battle between the outlawed party, operatives of the outlawed party Purbo Banglar Communist Party (PBCP-ML) and the police at Purbo Mazampur in Kushtia Wednesday night.
In another development, a top leader of another outlawed party, the Gono Bahini (GB), Obaidul Islam was allegedly arrested in India last night.
The deceased in Kushtia were identified as Sumon Hossain,
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27, son of Kazim Mistri and Sohel, 28, son of Maznu of Purbo Mazampur.
According to police, a gunfight broke out between PBCP-ML and GMF over control over the drug trade in Kushtia at around 11.00 pm on Wednesday. When a patrol team from the sadar police station rushed to the spot, the outlaws opened fire at the police.
A gun battle ensued as police fired back.
At one stage, the outlaws fled the scene and police found the abandoned bodies of Sumon and Sohel at the scene. They also recovered an LG and five bullets from the spot.
Later a man called Matin, alias Mannan alias Mannan Mollah, telephoned local journalists from an Indian cell number and claimed responsibility for the killing. Matin told the journalists that that 'comrades led by Manik had killed the Sumon and Sohel to free the people of the area from the two men's drug trade in Kushtia'.
Both Sumon and Sohel were involved in drug peddling at Majampur area and had connections with GMF, police confirmed.
On July 16 last, police raided a hideout to arrest Sumon but he managed to escape. Sumon is an accused in several cases including one for murder filed with a police station Dhaka. Both men listed criminals with the sadar police.
TOP OUTLAW ARRESTED IN INDIA
Meanwhile, Indian police last night arrested one of the top brasses of the outlawed Gono Bahini (GB) Obaidul Islam, also known as Lal of Gono Bahini', sources said.
They said Obaidul earned notoriety by killing people by 'severing heads from body'.
According to sources, a police ofBangao police station in Nadia in West Bengal arrested Obaidul during a raid on a hideout at Bangao area.
Kushtia police said they had the pews and were trying to communicate with the Indian police to confirm the news.