'Robber' killed in 'gunfight' with Rab

An alleged robber was killed during a 'gunfight' with Rapid Action Battalion and police in Hadda khal area of Sundarbans yesterday noon.

The dead man, Rabiul, 30, was the gang leader of Rabiul bahani according to Rab-6. He hailed from Burigoalini village under Munshiganj upazila of Satkhira district.

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Khondokar Rafiqul Islam, commanding officer of Rab-6, told The Daily Star that after receiving information a Rab team went to patrol the Sundarbans with the help of local police at around 1:00 pm. Sensing the presence of law enforcers Rabuil opened fire on them and law enforcers fired back in retaliation.

At one stage of the fire exchange, law enforcers found Rabiul's dead body.

The Rab team said it recovered one single barrel foreign gun, one 22 bore foreign Air Rifle, one local pipe gun, 27 ammo of short gun, 15 bullets of 22 bore ammo, one Hasua  and 5 rounds of empty cartridges from the spot.