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4 ‘criminals’ including 2 Rohingyas killed in separate ‘gunfights’

Four men including two suspected Rohingya drug peddlers are killed in separate “gunfights” in Cox’s Bazar, Joypurhat and Mymensingh districts.

‘Shootouts’: Two brothers among three dead

Three men, including two siblings, were killed in two “gunfights” with members of Border Guard Bangladesh and police in Cox’s Bazar and Cumilla early yesterday.

3 killed in ‘shootouts’

Three people, including two suspected drug traders, died in “gunfights” with the police and the Rab in Dhaka, Munshiganj, and Rangpur yesterday.

Two killed in ‘gunfights’ in Gazipur, Bogura

Two men were killed in separate “gunfights” in Gazipur and Bogura early yesterday.

Home boss defends deaths in crossfire

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan yesterday defended crossfire deaths saying the law enforcement agencies opened fire during the anti-narcotics drives only in self-defence.

Two killed in 'gunfights'

Two alleged criminals -- a drug dealer and a robber -- were killed in “gunfights” with police in Kushtia and Barishal yesterday.

‘Shootout' with Cops: Top-listed yaba dealer shot dead

A “top yaba trader” was killed in a “gunfight” hours after his arrest in Teknaf of Cox's Bazar early yesterday, said police.

'Kidnapper' killed in 'shootout'

A teenager, who allegedly abducted and killed a fourth grader, was killed in a “gunfight” with police in Jashore's Monirampur upazila early yesterday.

Listed drug dealer killed in 'shootout'

From a waiter in a restaurant Nadim Hossain became a millionaire in just a few years. And behind his meteoric rise was drug dealing in Mohammadpur's Geneva Camp, said police and officials of the narcotics department.

October 18, 2017
October 18, 2017

Rape accused killed in 'gunfight'

An alleged rapist was killed in a “shootout” with Rapid Action Battalion in Kurushkul village in the early hours yesterday.

October 17, 2017
October 17, 2017

'Gunfight' With Rab: 'Robber' killed in Sundarbans

An alleged robber was killed in a “gunfight” with Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) members in Sharankhola range of the Sundarbans in Bagerhat early yesterday.

September 12, 2017
September 12, 2017

'Robber' killed in 'shootout' with police

An alleged robber was killed in a "gunfight" with police, while another beaten to death by locals in Mymensingh's Trishal upazila early yesterday.

July 30, 2017
July 30, 2017

3 killed in 'shootouts'

Three people were killed in separate 'shootout' incidents in Brahmanbaria district and Keraniganj Upazila on the outskirts of the capital early yesterday.

July 26, 2017
July 26, 2017

ASP Mizan murder: 2 suspects killed in Dhaka ‘gunfights’

Four people including two suspected killers of ASP Mizanur Rahman are killed in separate “gunfights” in Dhaka and Kushtia.

July 11, 2017
July 11, 2017

‘Robber’ killed in Jhalakathi ‘gunfight’

An alleged robber is killed in a “gunfight” between police and a group of robbers at Satrakanda village in Jhalakathi district.

July 4, 2017
July 4, 2017

2 'criminals' killed in 'shootouts'

Two alleged criminals, including a charge-sheeted accused in Fulgazi upazila chairman Ekramul Haque murder case, were killed in “gunfights” with law enforcers in Feni and Rangpur yesterday.

July 3, 2017
July 3, 2017

'Crossfire' deaths and enforced disappearances continue

The latest report of the human rights watchdog Ain o Salish Kendra (ASK) is worrying. Apart from 68 people killed in “shootouts” and “crossfire” encounters with the police and other law enforcing agencies in the first six months of 2017, 44 persons were picked up, allegedly by people identifying themselves as members of the law enforcing agencies, according to ASK, during this period.

June 24, 2016
June 24, 2016

No extrajudicial killings by cops

Cops never indulge in extrajudicial killings in the name of “crossfire”, but if under attack, they open fire in self defence, said Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Asaduzzaman Mia yesterday.

June 15, 2016
June 15, 2016

Two suspects killed in cop 'shootout'

Two people allegedly involved in the killing of AK Azad, a newly elected Union Parishad chairman, were killed in a “shootout” with police in Joypurhat early yesterday.

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