2 ‘robbers’ killed in ‘gunfight’

Two suspected robbers were killed in a "gunfight" with Rapid Action Battalion in Bejgaon bus terminal area of the district's Sreenagar upazila on Tuesday.

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

The "gunfight" broke out on the Dhaka-Mawa Highway around noon when members of Rab-2 were pursuing the robbers, he added.

Hedayetul Islam Bhuiyan, officer-in-charge of Sreenagar Police Station, said the two men were going to Dhaka on a battery-run auto rickshaw.

They opened fire on the approaching Rab team, triggering the "gunfight" which left the two dead, the OC said.

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