2 more ‘militants’ killed in Tangail raid

Two suspected militants were killed in an alleged gunfight with Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) members during a raid at a house in Kagmara area of Tangail town this morning.

Identities of the deceased, aged between 20 and 25, could not be known immediately, reports our Tangail correspondent quoting Rab.

On information that subversive activities might be carried out in the locality during Durga Puja and Ashura, a Rab team conducted the raid at a three-storey building near Mirza Maath, the correspondent reports quoting  Rab-12 Commander Additional Deputy Inspector General Md Shahabuddin Khan.

Rab men along with the house owner, Azharul Islam Khan, went to the ground floor house around 10:30am that the alleged militants rented on September 27, he said.

Sensing presence of the law enforcers, one of the militants reportedly shoved Mohammad Mohiuddin Faruque, commander of crime prevention company-3 of Rab-12 who led the operation.

At one stage, they opened fire on Rab personnel prompting them to retaliate which triggered the "gunfight".

The bodies were still inside the room, Shahabuddin said.

"We assume that there may be explosive substances and ammunition inside the room," he said.

"We will conduct operation inside the building systematically to avert any explosion," the Rab official added.

A solider and a corporal of the elite force received injuries in the drive, he said.