Gun Battle Near Sundarbans
Three fishermen killed, nine still missing
Three fishermen were killed while nine others went missing in a fierce gun battle between a group of Indian fishermen and a notorious gang of Sundarbans early Saturday, according to trawler workers in Bagerhat.
The gun battle took place in the Bay of Bengal, about 70 nautical miles away from the east wing of the Sundarbans Forest Division.
The Indian fishermen rescued five Bangladeshi fishermen from a fishing trawler that capsized at the time of gun fight. These five fishermen were earlier held hostage by the members of Jihad Bahini for demanding ransom.
The five were later taken to Indian part of the Sundarbans, sources said.
Neither the dead nor anyone of nine missing fishermen are yet to be identified, said Abdul Mannan, president of Bagerhat District Fishing Trawler Workers' Union.
However, three of five Bangladeshi fishermen kidnapped by Indians were identified as Mostafa and Noor Islam of Mathbaria upazila of Pirojpur district and Zakir Khan of Sharankhola upazila of Bagerhat district, said Abul Hossain, President of Sharankhola unit of Jatiya Matshajibi Samity.
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