Dhaka, May 29 – Twelve more alleged drug traders were killed in reported gunfights early Tuesday amid anti-narcotic drives of law enforcers across the country. Of them, two were killed in Comilla and Kushtia respectively and one each in Dhaka, Mymensingh, Satkhira, Thakurgaon, and Barguna districts.
Besides, reported gun battles among rival groups left two alleged drug dealers dead in Jashore while one in Brahmanbaria.
According to reports reaching the UNB news desk, a total of 117 people were killed in ‘gunfights’ across the country since May 12.
In Comilla, two suspected drug traders–Liton alias Kana Liton, 43, son of Abdus Samad of Poiyapathor area, and Baten, 34, son of Sahid Miah of Bakhornagar village of Muradnagar Upazila–were killed in a reported gunfight with police in Gunjar area around 12:30 am.
Police recovered a pipe gun and 400 bottles of Phensidyl from the spot, said AKM Manjur Alam, officer-in-charge of Muradnagar Police Station.
Three policemen were injured during the incident, he added.
In Kushtia, two suspected drug traders–Mukaddes Ali, 42, son of Rezaul Islam of Munshiganj village and Fazlur Rahman alias Title, 48, son of late Yakub Ali–were killed in a reported gunfight with police in Shehala field area of Daulatpur Upazila around 3:30 am.
Azgar Ali, officer-in-charge of Daulatpur police station, said Fazlur Rahman was accused in eight drug-related cases.
Police recovered a pistol, five round bullets, a magazine and 250 bottles of Phensidyl from the spot.
Besides, three policemen were injured, he added.
In Dhaka, suspected drug trader Sumon alias Khuku Sumon, 42, was killed in a reported gunfight with police at Asian City Park in the capital’s Dakhshin Khan area around 12:15 am.
Tapan Chandra Saha, officer-in-charge of Dakhshin Khan Police Station, said that they recovered a one shooter gun, 2 round bullets, four crude bombs and one thousand pieces of Yaba tablets from the spot.
Two policemen were injured, he added.- UNB
