An outlawed party leader was killed in a ‘shootout’ between his cohorts and police in Ataikula of Pabna early Tuesday.
An outlawed party leader was killed in a ‘shootout’ between his cohorts and police in Ataikula of Pabna early Tuesday.
The
deceased, Tikka Khan alias Tikka, 35, was the chief of Purba Banglar
Communist Party (Lal Pataka), Ataikula unit, police said.
Officer-in-charge
of Ataikula Police Station Md Habibul Islam said his team took position
at Shimulchura under the police station at about 3:30am after receiving
information that the outlaws were moving towards the area from Chandail
of Atgharia.
Sensing presence of the law enforcers, the gang opened fire on them forcing them to retaliate with bullets.
Tikka was caught in the line fire and died on the spot while his associates managed to flee the scene, the OC said.
Over 100 bullets were traded during the half an hour long ‘gunfight’, he added.
A shutter gun and six rounds of bullets were recovered from the scene.
The body was sent to Pabna General Hospital morgue for autopsy, reports our Pabna correspondent.
Tikka,
son of Mohammed Ali of village Haripur in Ataikula, was accused in a
number of cases, including four for murders, police said.
With this, four incidents of crossfire took place in the district this year.
