Two suspected drug traders were killed in reported gunfights in Cumilla and Cox’s Bazar districts early Saturday.
Both of them were accused in multiple cases.
In Cumilla, suspected drug pedlar Saddam Hossain was killed in a pre-dawn ‘gunfight’ with police at ShitoliaKoraiban in Ujirpur union of Chauddagramupazila.
Tipped off that a gang of drug traders gathered in the area, a team of police conducted the drive at around 1:45 am, said Abul Faisal, officer-in-charge of Chauddagram Police Station.
Sensing the presence of police, the gang reportedly fired shots on the law enforcers, forcing them to retaliate in ‘self-defence’ which led to the gun battle, he said.
After the gunfight, police spotted the bullet-riddled body of Hossain, 38, son of Abul Hashem of Baghbari village, from the spot, said the police officer adding that Saddam was accused in 12 drug-related cases.
Police also recovered a pipe gun, three bullets and 200 bottles of Phensidyl from the scene, UNB reported.
In Cox’s Bazar, suspected Yaba trader Shahjahan, who headed ‘Shahjahan group’, a terrorist gang, was killed in a reported gunfight between two groups of Yaba traders at around 4:30 am.
MD Bakhtiar Uddin Chowdhury, officer-in-charge of Chakaria Police station, said they recovered 400 Yaba tablets, one LG, two round cartridges from the spot.
According to him, Shahjahan was named in 12 cases.
