Man killed in Kushtia 'gunfight'

Map of Kustia
Map of Kustia

A suspected robber was killed in what the police call a gunfight in Sadar upazila of Kushtia in the early hours of Thursday.

The deceased is Amirul Islam, 50, a resident of Ambaria village of Mirpur upazila in the district.

According to the police, the gunfight took place on Kushtia-Jhenaidah highway at about 1:30am.

Kushtia's Alampur police station sub-inspector (SI) Tarek Faisal told this to Prothom Alo by phone.

The sub-inspector also said the district intelligence took Amirul's body to a Kushtia hospital morgue.