 [Bangla Daily Star] An operative of outlawed Gono Mukti Fouz
| Ooooh, a new group of bad guys! I wonder if they're Commies... |
| They're classed as a Left Wing Element. Good enough... |
was killed in a 'shootout' between their cohorts and the police in Shailkupa upazila of Jhenidah early yesterday.
| It's on the map -- somewhere -- no doubt in letters only visible with a 10x jeweler's loupe. |
The deceased was identified as Nasirul Islam alias Shuknal, 45, son of Nurul Islam alias Nuru Dakat of Bogra village in Shailkupa.
| Clearly family tradition, this taking of aliases for no doubt nefarious purposes. How many names have his sons and grandsons, I wonder? |
He was accused in 10 cases, including four for murder, police said.
| A badman, a definite badman. One hopes at least his mother loved him. |
Anwar Hossain, officer-in-charge of Shailkupa Police Station said his team cordoned off a field at Komol Nagar village at about 3:00am when the gang was holding a clandestine meeting there.
| A nicely proletarian touch, that village field. One hopes the villagers won't go hungry for lack of the grain trampled in this encounter. |
Sensing presence of the law enforcers,
| "Hark, boss! My Spidey sense is tingling!" |
the outlaws fired shots,
| Madly shooting in all directions, awakening dogs and making children cry, but magically hitting no one... |
prompting the police to retaliate
| One can't let such things continue, lest innocents be harmed, after all. |
which triggered a gunfight.
| That bit always puzzles me: isn't it a bit late at this point to begin a gunfight? |
| Must be a Bangladeshi version of the Marquess of Queensberry rules |
Shuknal got killed
while his accomplices managed to flee.
| Literally like thieves in the night, leaving no sign they'd ever been. |
The law enforcers found his body near a bridge in the village.
| From field to bridge? That's quite a distance to travel, especially with a bullet behind each ear, quite unlike chewing gum. |
| His accomplices must've gotten tired of carrying him. |
The body was sent to Jhenidah Sadar Hospital morgue for autopsy.
| "Yes, he's definitely dead, Jim." |
Police recovered one shutter gun,
| Whew! We feared it lost, but clearly not. |
one shotgun and four rounds of bullets from the spot.
| Not much for all that mad firing that took place, but no doubt more bullets will turn up when the grain is harvested. |
Shuknal was leading the group which was involved in various anti-social activities including robbery and murder, all over Jhenidah and Magura districts for a long time, said Hossain.
| Very, very badmen, indeed. |
| But not for smoking in public - so they're not all bad. |
A case has been filed in this connection. |