Drug smuggler killed in Rajshahi ‘gunfight’

Staff Correspondent, Rajshahi: A suspected drug smuggler was killed in a ‘gunfight’ with RAB on Saturday midnight.

The gunfight took place around 12.00pm near Naboganga area of Kashiadanga Thana.
The deceased could not be identified immediately.

Spotting a torch beam in a banana orchard in the area a patrol team of the force went there, RAB-5 deputy commanding officer major AM Ashraful Islam said.

When the team reached there, a gang of criminals opened fire on them, forcing the RAB men to fire back, triggering the gunfight which left the unidentified man bullet injured, he said.

He was rushed to Rajshahi Medical College Hospital where doctors declared him dead, Ashraful said.

RAB members also recovered a magazine, one pistol, two rounds of bullets and 58 bottles of phensedyl.


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