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5 robbers killed in mob beating

A Correspondent, Bhola
Agitated fishermen beat dead five robbers and injured two more members of a gang setting up hideouts on the remote Bhasan Char (island) yesterday for looting their hilsha catch.
Police detained the injured robbers, recovered some arms and ammunition and seized a trawler left by other members of the gang who fled as police conducted a five-hour operation on the forest-clad uninhabited island at the confluence of the Meghna river.
T\vo of the dead were identified by police as Jabbar, 26, and Kabir, 25. The two injured are Khaleq, 24, and Rashed, 25, both from Subarna Char in Hatiya.
The season for catching hilsha as begins now with the expiry of a seven-month ban on jatka (hilsh fry) catching.
Local sources said the fishermen are now busy preparing their boats, fishing nets and other things for the hisha season, the gang of robbers known as 'Karim bahini'from Hatiya was setting up their dens in the mangrove forest at BhasanChar.
Some people who take care of buffaloes grazing on the island saw the robbers unloading arms from their boats yesterday morning. They informed the matter to their employers in Dhalchar union. On information from them, police launched a raid at around 8:00am.
Chairman of Dhalchar union Abul Kalam Patwari and some other locals said about 700 fishermen joined the police raid. They surrounded the mangrove forest at Bhasan Char.
Sensing the presence of police and fishermen, the robbers opened fire. Police retaliated. After a two-hour exchange of fire, several hundred fishermen carrying sticks attacked the robbers, who then started fleeing. The fishermen caught five robbers and beat them dead. They also injured two other robbers. Police took the two injured in their custody.
Jasimuddin, a fisherman, said they participated in the police raid to get rid of the robbers for their survival.
Asked, Bhola Superintendent of Police Bashir Ahmed and Officer-in-Charge of Char Fashion police station Reaz Hossain confirmed the incident.
The SP said the robbers fired about 50 rounds of bullets. And police fired 12 rounds during a five-hour operation.
Police recovered three 224 rifles, two shot guns, six guns 18 cartridges and 34 sharp weapons, and seized a trawler, he added.
Contacted last night, the OC said the two detained robbers told police that there were around 40 members in their gang. And most of them were from different char areas of Noakhali.