Man killed in Noakhali ‘gunfight’

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A man was killed in what the members of Detective Branch of Police claimed to be gunfight with them at West Mahduripur in Noakhali sadar upazila early Thursday, reports UNB.

The deceased was identified as Ibrahim Khalil alias Bhandari Rubel, 27, son of certain Abul Kashem of Ayubpur village in Sadar upazila. He was wanted in 16 criminal cases, according to police.

DB police arrested Rubel from East Mahduripur village on Wednesday night and later, took Rubel with them to West Mahduripur village for recovering firearms around 4:00am, said, Kamruzzaman Shikdar, officer-in-charge of DB police.

As soon as the police team reached the spot, Rubel’s associates opened fire at them triggering a gunfight, the OC added.

At one stage, Rubel was caught in the line of fire and died on the spot while others managed to flee the scene.

Five policemen, including the OC, were injured in the gunfight.

Police recovered a light gun, a pipe gun, six cartridges and ten sharp weapons from the spot.