'Criminal' killed in gunfight with Rab

Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) claimed to have found the body of a listed criminal following a gunfight with robbers in Sirajganj's Kamarkhand upazila early yesterday.

Abdul Halim, 55, of Pachbaria village is also accused in five to six cases over issues including robbery and murder, says a press release signed by Rab-12 Commander Maj Safayet Ahmed.

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A Rab team raided a spot near Jhaoil Bridge at Shahbazpur Uttarpara area around 2:00am on a tip-off that criminals were preparing to commit robbery, it read.

The criminals shot at the Rab team, leading to the gunfight for a few minutes, it said, adding that Halim died on the spot on getting shot and a pistol, a magazine, a bullet and two machetes were recovered from there.

The body was sent to the Sirajganj General Hospital morgue for an autopsy.