Three robbers killed in Cox’s Bazar gunfight: Police

Three alleged robbers, including a pair of siblings, were killed in a "four-hour long gunfight" with police in Teknaf upazila of Cox's Bazar early today.

The deceased were identified as Nurul Alam, 40, and his brother Syed Alam, 35, and Abdul Monaf, 20, of Rongikhali area under Hnila union, our Cox's Bazar correspondent reports, quoting police.

Police claimed to have recovered 18 firearms, 200 rounds of ammunition and 55,000 yaba pills from the spot after the gunfight.

Five cops were also injured during the gunfight that took place at a hill near Rongikhali area around 3:00am, said Prodip Kumar Das, officer-in-charge (OC) of Teknaf Police Station.

Based on secret information, a team from Teknaf Police Station conducted the raid at the hill, where a group of robbers took position, heavily loaded with firearms, the OC said.

Sensing police presence, the robbers opened fire at the law enforcers, forcing them to retaliate with gunshots and triggering a gunfight that lasted for four hours, Prodip said.

Miscreants fled the scene at one stage of the gunfight, he added.

Police then recovered the three bullet hit bodies, firearms, ammunitions and yaba pills from the spot, the police official added.

The bodies were sent to Cox's Bazar General Hospital for autopsy, he said.

The injured police men took treatment from Taknaf Upazila Health Complex, Prodip said.

Preparations are being taken to file three cases, he added.