‘Criminal’ killed in police firing in Ctg

A suspected criminal was killed and his four associates received bullet wounds in police firing at Nunachhara in Sitakunda upazila on Saturday night.The deceased was identified as Arif, while the injured were Rubel, Sohel, Nurul Hadi and Parvez. Officer-in-charge Iftekhar Hasan of Sitakunda Police Station said a gang of criminals attacked a patrol vehicle of police by hurling three
crude bombs on the Dhaka-Chittagong Highway in the area at about 9:30pm and the law enforcers also opened gunshots in retaliation. Later, police arrested five members of the gang with bullet injuries while their other associates managed to flee the scene.The five injured criminals were admitted to Chittagong Medical College
Hospital under police custody, where Arif succumbed to his injures at about 11:30 pm.Police also recovered 10 crude bombs, 2 Molotov cocktails, one light gun and three rounds of bullet from the spot. -UNB, Chittagong