Two suspected robbers killed in Munshiganj ‘gunfight’

Two suspected robbers were killed in a reported gunfight with Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) at Bejgaon bus terminal area of Sreenagar Upazila on Tuesday.

Md Enayet Hossain Mannan, superintendent of police of Rab-11 in Munshiganj, said the duo committed robbery at Shariatpur’s Gosairhat a few days ago.

The gunfight took place on the Dhaka-Mawa Highway at noon when members of Rab-2 were pursuing the robbers, he said.

Officer-in-Charge of Sreenagar Police Station Md Hedayetul Islam Bhuiyan said the two men were heading towards Dhaka on a battery-run auto rickshaw.

They opened fire on the approaching Rab team, triggering a gunfight in which they were killed.

Asaduzzaman, additional SP of Sreenagar-Louhajang Circle Police, said the bodies were sent to Munshiganj General Hospital.