[Bangla Daily Star] Two alleged robbers were killed during a "shootout" between Rapid Action Battalion personnel and their cohorts at Rustompur Beribadh in city's Pallabi last night.The dead, however, could not be identified, Rab sources said, adding the bodies were taken to Pallabi Police Station.
Additional Superintendent of Police Mohammad Mizanur Rahman of Rab-1 said the gunfight took place at a field of Rustompur around 11:00pm when the "robbers" opened fire on Rab in their bid to escape arrest.
He said a Rab patrol team tried to halt a taxi when they saw people tussling over its steering wheel. The team chased the taxi near the field as it tried to get away, he said, adding that at one stage the criminals got down and tried to flee on foot firing shots at Rab personnel.
A gunfight erupted with the Rab team retaliating with gunshots. After the gunfight the team found two bullet-hit bodies left lying on the spot.
Mizanur said they recovered the taxi and rescued its driver Bahadur Gazi.
Bahadur told Rab that a gang of five people hired him at Ashulia and tried to take his taxi away.