Police, pirates trade fire
At least four members of a pirate gang were injured in a gunfight with police near Murkulle area of the river Mumunda in the Sundarbans on Sunday. Police seized a trawler, a country made gun, five bullets, four deer hide, rice etc from the trawler. But they failed to arrest them as the gang managed to escape. Police said a team led by assistant police superintendent (ASP) Syed Nazrul Islam raided the area in the afternoon. As soon as the law enforcers reached Murkulle point, the pirates waiting there opened gunshots at them. Both sides traded gunshots for about an hour leaving four pirates injured.
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