Three more people have died in the anti-drug campaign that started in early May.
Police claimed that one suspect was killed in an encounter with them in Thakurgaon and Rangpur during raids and an unidentified bullet-ridden body was recovered in Dinajpur in the early hours of Friday.
In most cases, the security forces have maintained that the suspects were involved in drug trafficking and resisted arrest leading to gun battles that left them dead.
Thousands of people have also been arrested in raids across the country during the crackdown.
However, people from different walks of life expressed concerns over the killings of suspected drug dealers in ‘shootouts’ with law-enforcement agencies, bdnews24 reported.
Human rights organisations in Bangladesh raised questions over the killings following complaints from the victims’ families and demanded investigations into the deaths during the anti-drug operations.
The rival political parties urged the government to refrain from “extrajudicial killings” and feared the ruling Awami League may use the crackdown to suppress dissent.
