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'Gunfights' kill 3 Jamaat men

Star Report
During "gunfights" between joint forces and Jamaat-Shibir men in Jhenidah and Satkhira early yesterday, two Jamaat leaders and an Islami Chhatra Shibir activist were killed and six policemen were reportedly injured.
Finance affairs secretary of Kotchandpur upazila Jamaat Enamul Haque Biswas, 55, also a school teacher, was killed in Jhenidah, while Debhata upazila Shibir general secretary Abul Kalam, 21, and Jamaat activist Maruf Chhoto, 25, were killed in another "gunfight" in Satkhira.
Jhenidah Jamaat has called a half-day hartal in Kotchandpur and Moheshpur upazilas of the district today to protest the killing of Enamul.
Our Satkhira and Jhenidah correspondents report that three sub-inspectors and three constables sustained minor injuries during the "gunfights".
Officer-in-Charge Shahjahan Khan of Kotchandpur Police Station said Jamaat leader Enamul was killed in a “gunfight” on Nawdagram Secondary School ground around 2:00am.
He claimed that the gunfight began when joint forces personnel raided the area and the Jamaat-Shibir men who were holding a meeting there opened fire on the law enforcers and hurled homemade bombs at them.
During the 20-minute "gunfight” with the joint forces, Enamul, a teacher of Balarampur High School, was hit. He died on the spot, Shahjahan claimed, adding that sub-inspectors Mizanur Rahman and Moktar Hossain and constable Joydev had sustained minor injuries during the "battle".
Law enforcers recovered a gun and two bombs from the spot.
Shahjahan said Enamul was an accused in a case filed in connection with an attack on policemen and snatching away of their weapons after a tribunal sentenced Jamaat leader Delawar Hossain Sayedee to death for war crimes in February last year.
Enamul was also wanted in cases filed in connection with illegal felling of trees, blockade of roads and torching of voting centres on the eve of the January 5 election, the OC claimed.
However, Tajul Islam, Kotchandpur upazila ameer of Jamaat, claimed that police had arrested Enamul around 4:00pm Saturday near the office of the upazila nirbahi officer when he along with Enamul was returning home from the UNO's office.
Our Satkhira correspondent, quoting Officer-in-Charge Tarok Biswas of Debhata Police Station, said police arrested Kalam and Maruf at their village Kulia in Debhata around 9:00pm on Saturday.
The OC claimed that on the basis of
information gleaned from them, members of the joint forces, taking the two arrestees along with them, raided several places in Debhata upazila to recover arms and arrest others accused of violence and murder.
When the joint forces entered Narkeli village around 5:30am yesterday, Jamaat-Shibir men surrounded the law enforcers, the OC claimed.
He said the party men opened fire and hurled crude bombs at the members of the joint forces to snatch away the arrestees, which led to a 15-minute “gunbattle".
Kalam and Maruf were hit during the "gunfight" when they tried to flee, the OC claimed, adding that Sub-Inspector Tapan Sinha and constables Mehedi Hasan and Abdus Salam received minor injuries.
Wounded Kalam and Maruf were declared dead around 6:45am at Satkhira Sadar Hospital, the OC added.
OC Tarok Biswas said Kalam was an accused in 10 cases, including the murder case of Debhata upazila Awami League organising secretary Abu Raihan. Jamaat-Shibir men allegedly stabbed Raihan to death on November 21 last year.
Kalam was also an accused in cases filed in connection with violence during the recent hartals and blockades and after Sayedee was sentenced to death.
Tarok said Maruf was an accused in nine cases filed in connection with violence and the murder of Raihan.