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'Mugger' killed in 'gunfight' with cops

Our Correspondent, Khulna
An alleged mugger was killed in a so-called gunfight with police in Terokhada upazila on Wednesday night.
The dead is Babul Mollah, 35, of Philphanagor village of the upazila.
Officer-in-Charge Rafiqul Islam of Terokhada Police Station said a gang of 15-20 miscreants mugged Tk 15.65 lakh from two betel leaf traders at Pakhimara on Wednesday night. When the victims screamed for help, locals chased the
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muggers and caught three of them. The others managed to escape. One local named Imran Mia was injured, as the fleeing muggers opened fire on them. He was admitted to Khulna Medical College Hospital.
Then the three were handed over to the police.
What happened next is similar to the gunfight stories typically used by the law enforcement agencies.
Around 10:30pm, police along with the trio went to a fish enclosure in Kodla area in search of arms and other gang members, OC Rafiqul said.
Sensing their presence, the criminals opened fire on the law enforcers. In retaliation, police fired back and Babul Mollah, while trying to flee the scene, was caught in the line of fire and died on the spot. The other two arrestees - Sagar Sheikh, 25, of
Terokhada and Shanto, 22, of Khulna city's Pabla area - were unhurt, Rafiqul said.
Three locally made firearms and 10 bullets were recovered from the site.
Four policemen, including Rafiqul himself, were injured in the incident, he claimed, adding that they had to take first aid only as the injuries were not serious.
However, the OC neither wore any bandage nor bore any visible injury mark when journalists talked to him yesterday.
The deceased was a regional leader of banned outfit Purbo Banglar Communist Party and had eight cases of robbery, mugging and illegal arms handling filed against him, the OC said.
The money allegedly snatched from the betel leaf traders could not be recovered till yesterday evening.