2 killed in police ‘gunfight’

Two persons were killed in what the law enforcers claimed a gunfight with police in Daulatpur upazila of Kushtia early Tuesday.

News agency UNB quoted police as saying that the deceased -- Mufazzel Hossain alias Mufa, 42, son of Moser Uddin of Gorra village and Mahabul, 40, son of Abul Rahim of Koipal village in the upazila -- were robbers.

Being informed that two robber gangs locked into a gunfight over internal clash, a team of police conducted a drive in Katadah area, said Md Nazrul Islam, officer-in-charge of Daulatpur police station.

Sensing the presence of law enforcers, the robber gangs opened fire on them, forcing them to fire back, triggering the gunfight.

After the gunfight when the robbers fled away police rescued two robbers as bullet injured.

The injured were taken to Daulatpur Upazila Health Complex where the physicians declared the duo dead.

Police also recovered two guns, four round bullets and a machete from the spot, said the OC adding that the two robbers are accused in several robbery cases.

Two policemen-- sub-inspector Asadul and constable Zia -- were also injured.

The law enforcement’s versions of the events were, however, not verified independently as no versions of those incidents were available immediately either from any witnesses or from any members of the victims’ families.