A man, suspected of being involved in the murder of an eight-year-old girl, was killed in an alleged gunfight in Kholadanga suburb of Jashore in the early hours of Wednesday.
Police identified the deceased as Shamim, 30, a resident of the area.
Kotwali Police Station in-charge Apurba Hasan said they sent a team to Kholadanga at around 3am after being tipped off that two gangs of drug traders were engaged in a gunfight.
"The police team came under fire as soon as it reached the spot," the OC said. "After a skirmish, we found Shamim's body at the spot."
Police also claimed to have recovered a shutter gun and 50 yaba pills.
Shamim was a suspect in the murder of schoolgirl Trisha. Her body was found in a sack in a ditch behind the house of a neighbour at Dharmatala on Monday evening, a day after she went missing, says a UNB report.
Police said they suspect the child was raped before she was killed.
A case was filed in this connection.
