'Robber' killed in Pabna 'gunfight'

An alleged robber was killed in a "gunfight" with police in Bera upazila of Pabna early today.

Nizam Mondol, 40, is the suspected ringleader of the robbers gang in Dhalar Char area of the upazila.

Sensing presence of the law enforcers the group of robbers opened fire at them forcing the police to retaliate, our Pabna correspondent reports quoting Gaotom Kumar Das, additional police super in the district.

Law enforcers conducted the drive in Dhalar Char's Dashpara area around 12:30am, the police official said.

Police recovered the body of Nizam Mondol from the spot after at one point the robbers fled the spot, he said.

Nizam Mondol was wanted in two abduction cases and seven murder cases including the murder of three police officers of Dhalar Char Police Station in 2010,  Gaotom Kumar Das said.

Police recovered locally made pistols, three rounds of bullets, two cartridges and three machetes from the spot, he added.