A suspected drug dealer has been killed in an alleged shootout with police in Kushtia’s Sadar upazila.
The shootout took place at Ambagan in the Canalpara area of Molla Tegharia during the early hours of Saturday, said Monir Hossain, sub-inspector of Kushtia Model Police Station.
The dead man has been identified as 45-year-old Habibur Rahman Huba, a resident of Aruapara in Kushtia town.
He was a top drug dealer of the town and named in several cases with Kushtia Model Police Station, according to the police.
Police conducted an operation in the Canalpara area based on a tip-off that a group of drug dealers were gathering there with arms and narcotics, reports bdnews24 quoting Hossain.
“The drug pedlars opened fire on police after the team reached the area. They fled after the police returned fire. Habibur was found wounded on the scene after the skirmish and rushed to Kushtia Sadar Hospital, where doctors declared him dead.”
Police recovered 800 yaba pills, a shotgun, two bullets and a magazine of ammunition from the scene.