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Bangladesh

Six suspected drug traffickers killed in ‘gunfight’ with police

2018-05-21

[Dhaka Tribune] At least six people were killed in separate ’shootout ’incidents with law enforcement on Sunday during an aggressive campaign against the surging narcotics trade. The incidents took place in Barishal, Feni, Mymensingh, Jashore, Dinajpur, and Tangail districts. Law enforcement agencies have also incarcerated Drop the rosco, Muggsy, or you're one with the ages! 2,300 suspected narcos and users in raids since early May, according to a statement by Rapid Action battalion, reports AFP. RAB officials said its forces had killed nine others since last week. In Barishal, an unidentified member of a suspected drug trading gang was killed in an incident with a team of detectives at Bottola Bazar in Dakhshin Char Aicha village under sadar upazila. Kaunia Police Station Officer-in-Charge Nurul Islam said, acting on a tip-off, a team of detectives went to the area around 3am. When the detectives reached the spot, the robbers opened fire on them. In retaliation, they fired back, which left one of the robbers dead. The other suspected members of the gang managed to flee the scene. ... as though they had never been... Police also recovered a pipe gun, two sharp weapons, and eight rounds of bullets from the spot, the OC said. During the incident, a sub-inspector and two constables were maimed. In Feni, a suspected drug pusher was killed in a shootout with police in Pathan Nagar under Chhagalnaiya upazila. The dear departed is Alamgir Hossain Bhuiyan, of Paschim Pathan Gor area under the upazila. Alamgir was accused in nine cases filed with Chhagalnaiya cop shoppe, which included drugs and arms charges, , Officer-in-Charge M Morshed said. He said police conducted the drive at an abandoned house in the village around 1am. Alamgir was declared dead when taken to Feni Sadar Hospital. Police also recovered one pistol, three shotgun cartridges, 1,000 yaba tablets, and 100 bottles of Phensedyl from the house. In Mymensingh, a suspected drug trader, Rajiul Hasan Biplob, 42, was killed around 2:30am in a reported shootout with police at Gonshar intersection in the town. The 45-year-old was accused in several cases. In Jashore, a 35-year-old man identified as Dalim Hossain was killed in an alleged shootout. The incident occurred in Sujolpur village of Sadar upazila. Kotwali cop shoppe OC Azmol Huda said the police recovered 500 yaba tablets, one shotgun, one bullet, and four shotgun cartridges from the scene. In Dinajpur, a suspected drug pusher was killed in a shootout with the police. The incident, similar to all the others, occurred in Sardarpara area of Biral upazila. Biral cop shoppe OC Abdul Majid said: "Drug dealer Babu, 45, was killed in the shootout." The police recovered four cocktail bombs, two pistols, and 193 bottles of phensedyl. In Tangail, a 22-year-old drug pusher named Emon was killed in a shootout with the police. The incident occurred near the Pushtokamuri Dakkhinpara bridge of Mirzapur upazila. Two coppers were maimed in the shootout. Mirzapur cop shoppe OC AKM Mizanul Haque said the body was sent to Tangail General Hospital morgue.

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Bangladesh

2 more killed in ŽshootoutsŽ

2009-06-02

[Bangla Daily Star] An alleged criminal was killed and two policemen were injured in a shootout between the law enforcers and his accomplices near the National Botanical Garden in the capital early yesterday. In a separate incident, also yesterday, an alleged robber was killed in a shootout between his accomplices and members of the Rapid Action battalion (Rab) at Shibpur in Narayanganj. In the incident at the botanical garden, the deceased was identified as Kalu, 29, son of late Ashraf Ali of Shibchar upazila in Madaripur. Poor bastard. He never even got a alias. Most of his counterparts have two or three by the time Rab gets to them. He was an active member of Shahdat gang in Mirpur area, police said, adding that ringleader Shahdat went into hiding in a neighbouring country a few years back. Norway? Namibia? Nicaragua? Injured Sub-inspector (SI) Sazedur Rahman and a constable of Shah Ali police station were taken to Rajarbagh Police Hospital where they were undergoing treatment, police said. Acting on a tip-off, police arrested Kalu from Beribadh Balurmath area around 11:00pm Sunday, said Officer-in-charge (OC) of Shah Ali police station Mohammad Zakir Hossain Mollah. According to the script his confessional statement, police raided a cluster of bamboo near the Botanical garden where accomplices of Kalu gathered to commit a crime, the OC said. "Stop! Or the bamboo cluster will shoot!" Sensing presence of the law enforcers, his accomplices opened fire at police prompting them to fire back. Who knew bamboo shoots with lead? The OC further said police found Kalu with bullet injury after the shootout while his accomplices escaped the scene. As if they'd never been there in the bamboo shoots ... Kalu was accused in around seven cases with Mirpur Police station, he said. Police rushed him to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) where the doctors declared him dead. "Whaddaya got, Quince?" "Sudden onset acute bamboo poisoning, Sam. Send him on back to the cooler." Police recovered two machetes, two knives and a handful of splinters bullet from the spot. OC Mollah said, "The members of Shahdat Bahini work in different groups. Some of them issue threats, some collect extorted money while some others ensure security of gang members and hand over the extorted money to Shahdat." He said Kalu had been a toll collector of the gang in Mirpur and Shah Ali areas. Akbar Hossain Babu, brother of Kalu, ... Oh just stop right there. Babu, brother of Kalu? Who names these guys? ... told reporters at the DMC morgue that a police team led by SI Jalil and SI Sajedur picked up Kalu from a tea stall near his residence at Dakkhin Bisil in the capital Sunday evening. Chaiwalla! His younger brother Delwar along with locals went to the police station where the police informed them that Kalu was accused in a case under speedy trial tribunal act, Babu added. VERY speedy trial. The verdict and sentence were quite prompt as well. Delwar, talking to The Daily Star, said that as the police took Kalu out of the police station around 10:00pm, he asked Delwar to wait for him at the station as the police would bring most of him back a few hours later. "I'll be back 'bro, the RAB wants me to go to an upazaila to encounter someone. No big deal, I could do this dead." In the shootout at Narayangnaj, a group of robbers attacked a microbus carrying Rab-11 team in plain clothes from Shibpur. Mongal and his gang intercepted the microbus at around 3:00am at Ghoshirdia area in the upazila. A gunfight ensued between the Rab team and the robbers lasting for almost 40 minutes. Most of the robbers fled when police rushed to the spot. Police discovered the body of a robber left on the spot and rushed him to Narsingdi sadar hospital where doctors declared him dead on arrival. "Dr. Quincy, those can't be...?" "Microbus tracks, Sam. Microbus tracks. Looks like they were doing about 40. Never even touched the brake pedal." Locals identified the dead man as Mongal, leader of Mongal Bahini. Mongal, 30, was convicted in a murder case and an accused in other several cases including three murder cases with Shibpur and Raipura police stations in the district. Rab recovered a revolver loaded with bullets and three machetes from the spot. Meanwhile, a team of Rab-10 shot two criminals, injuring both, in separate incidents at Shanirakhra and Jatrabari area in the capital on Sunday night.

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10 top outlaws still run parties in southwestern region

2007-09-03

Law enforcing agencies are yet to arrest any of the 10 'top' listed leaders of outlawed parties and gang groups active in southwestern districts. They are still active in Kushtia, Meherpur, Chuadanga, Pabna, Rajbari and Jhenidah districtscollecting toll and doing other crimes, sources said. The cadres, listed with police as 'hardcore criminals', are evading arrest despite all out attempts by law enforces including Rapid Action battalion (Rab) in last three years to nab them. Six of them are leaders of outlawed parties and four are of gang groups. The outlawed leaders are Gono Bahini (GB) chief Azibor Rahman and his 'second-in-command' Mandar; Gono Mukti Fouz (GMF) chief Shahin and three 'regional commander' Mukul, Tikka and Bakhtiar; and New Bipplobi Communist Party (NBCP) chief Akdil Hossain alias Buro Leaders of gang groups include Lalchad Bahini chief Lalchad; Mukti Bahini chief Mukti and Hamidul and Rashidul who lead the Hara Bahini. All of them hail from different areas of Kushtia district and conduct criminal activities in Kushtia and adjacent Meherpur, Chuadanga, Pabna, Rajbari and Jhenidah districts. Sources said GMF leader Tikka demanded Tk.2 lakh from a businessman at Totamtola in Sailkupa upazila in Jhenidah several days ago. The businessman is also an employee at Islamic University. Sources close to the businessman said they informed police about the incident. According to law enforcing agencies, some cadres of GB and NBCP recently held several meetings with a plan to capture some water bodies including Nandia, Uzangram and Chapaygachi in Kushtia Sadar upazila.

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Dhaka hunts for top militants

2006-01-20

Security forces backed by army helicopters launched a massive hunt in areas along Bangladesh’s western border on Thursday after an intelligence tip off that top fugitive Islamist militants were hiding there, officials said. Some 1,000 police, troops and members of the elite Rapid Action battalion searched several villages near the town of Kushtia, some 300 kilometres from the capital Dhaka, while four helicopters patrolled the sky, police and witnesses said. “Forces have been conducting block raids in a wide region of Kushtia but have yet to catch the militants,” one police officer said. Officials said they were looking for Shayek Abdur Rahman, supreme leader of the outlawed Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen blamed for a recent wave of bombings, including suicide attacks that killed at least 30 people and wounded 150 in the past few months. Police were also searching for Siddikul Islam Bangla Bhai, leader of another banned Islamic group, Jagrata Muslim Janata Bangladesh, and a close comrade of Shayek Rahman. “We have tips that Shayek Abdur Rahman is hiding in the area. Maybe Bangla Bhai is also with him,” another police officer said. It's over: An operation to find two suspected Islamic militants said to be hiding in Bangladesh's western Kushtia district has been called off, police say. The hunt ended because Abdur Rahman and Bangla Bhai from the banned Jamaat-ul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) could not be found. Police say they have detained 10 people in the operation. One thousand security personnel were involved in night-long operations, police chief Abdul Quyum said. Earlier, security forces, including elite anti-crime force the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB), had cordoned off a 5-sq km area in Kushtia district. Police would not confirm if any of the 10 detained included JMB members.

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Dhaka arrests July 2000 bomb mastermind

2005-10-03

Security forces in Bangladesh have arrested Mufti Abdul Hannan, the alleged leader of the Bangladesh chapter of the Islamist militant group Harkatul Jihad, at a hideout in the capital Dhaka, police said on Sunday. They said Hannan had been in hiding since police found a powerful bomb, believed to be planted by Harkatul Jihad activists in July 2000, near a rally that former prime minister Sheikh Hasina addressed in the western Kotalipara area. Police recovered the remote-controlled bomb before it could be detonated and Hasina was not hurt. Gotta find that plump lady graphic for events like this... On Saturday night, members of elite Rapid Action battalion arrested Hannan at a house in Dhaka’s Madhya Badda area and also seized explosives and bomb-making materials. “Hannan is being interrogated,” a senior police officer said, but would provide no further details. You don't want to know. Don't look, Ethel... Police told reporters that Hannan, Harkatul’s operation commander in Bangladesh, was among the country’s ‘top terrorists’ they had been looking for years, but were not immediately sure if he or his men were involved in the Aug 17 countrywide serial bombings of this year. Lemme guess...

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Tales from the Bangladesh Police Blotter

2005-03-21

Rapid Action Battalion making a list Rapid Action battalion (Rab) has taken a new move to record profiles of "most wanted criminals". on computer. The profiles will be brought under computer network through special programming. I'll bet the RAB will get theirs working before the FBI does. Initially, profiles of two criminals listed with each thana in Khulna metropolitan city and one in each police station in the district will be prepared . According to a highly placed police sources, Rab will do the job without any help from police. Our own intelligence will collect data and prepare the profiles containing photos, addresses, number and nature of crimes and background of criminals, they said. The profiles will also contain data on their wealth and property, sources of income and name of their godfathers. Strict secrecy is being maintained in preparing the profiles correctly by Rab intelligence branch. Once complete, the elite force will swing into action against criminals. That's why we haven't had many "crossfires" lately, they're waiting for the paperwork to be finished The source further said criminals using cell phones will be tracked down by tapping their phones and using other sophisticated digital equipment. This will definitely help Rab arrest wanted criminals quickly, they hoped. Previous criminal records (PCR) of wanted persons kept in computer network will help the Rab in containing murders and subversive activities. Other metropolitan cities are also being brought under this new plan by Rab with the help of its intelligence units. Outdated techniques being applied by law enforcers are absolutely ineffective as hardened criminals are availing the opportunity of modern technology including cell phone and internet to commit crimes, the RAB source said. 5 culprits held Arms, counterfeit currency, stamps seized in Ctg CHITTAGONG, Mar 20: - Police in separate raids conducted at Fatikchary, Rawzan and Sitakund police station detained five culprits and recovered arms and a good quantity of counterfeit banknote and non-judicial stamps over the last couple of days. The detainees were identified as Mohammed Nazim Uddin alias Naizza (32) of Fatikchary, Mohammed Anwar (40), Mohammed Mostofa (45) and Mohammed Jafor Bhuiyan alias Dulal (47) of Rawzan area, Mohammed Imam Hussein of Sitakund. Informed sources said that Fatikchary police detained Mohammed Nazim Uddin alias Naizza yesterday. According to his confessional statement police recovered a foreign-made single-barrel gun, a foreign-made double-barrels gun and two pipe guns. On the other hand, Rawzan police rounded up Mohammed Anwar today. In pursuance of his confessional statement police recovered counterfeit banknote and stamps worth about Taka 1,38,500 and a camera. Police also detained his accomplices Mohammed Mostofa and Mohammed Jafar Bhuiyan alias Dulal. Meanwhile, Sitakund police booked Mohammed Imam Hossen yesterday. He was convicted of two months imprisonment in a case. Separate cases were lodged with respective police stations in these connections. Chittagong arms haul case-JIC interrogates Yakub The members of Joint Interrogation Cell (JIC) started grilling Yakub Ali yesterday, main charge-sheeted accused person in the country's biggest-ever arms haul case in Chittagong, a highly placed source said. Yakub was asked various questions during the first day of his eight-day remand about his involvement in the arms and ammunition recovery from the CUFL jetty in Chittagong, sources said. The law enforcing agencies seized a huge consignment of sophisticated illegal arms and ammunition when they raided CUFL jetty in Chittagong in the small hours of April 1, 2004. It was the biggest-ever arms haul in the country. The members of law enforcing agencies declined to disclose anything about the information that was given by Yakub during the interrogation. Talking to The Independent, Intejar, Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Mirpur police station, said Yakub was interrogated at the police station by JIC which consists of members of Army, SB, DB, CID and DGFI. Acting on a tip off, a team of Mirpur Thana police arrested Yakub Ali in a drive conducted at Habib Manjil of Lalkuthi under Mirpur police station in the early hours on March 17. Yakub Ali was produced before the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court by the police on March 18 with a prayer for 10 days' remand. But the court granted eight-days' police remand. Terrors storm ex-reporter''s house, injure brother A group of terrorists stormed the village home of the former senior reporter of The News Today Shakhawat Hossain on Friday night at village Khupi under Shahdhar Char union in Shibpur police station on Friday night and injured his brother Shekhar Miah with Chapati and other deadly weapons. They also hurled abusive language at the ailing mother of the journalist and his sisters. Seriously injured Shekhar Mia was immediately rushed to local hospital at Shibpur where he is still undergoing treatment. Terrorist Serajul Mia along with his brother Mobarok Mia and two other alleged terrorist cousins attacked the family members of the journalist, who was the Executive committee member of Dhaka Reporter''s Unity (DRU) in 1999 and is the associated member of Economic Reporters'' Forum (ERF). The terrorists also threatened the family not to file any case with the local police station in this connection. They were creating pressure for resolving the problem through arbitration. Arbitration? Sounds like a union problem But finally, a case has been lodged in connection with the attack on the family members of the journalist. No one was so far arrested till the filing of the report on Saturday night. 3 JCD cadre held in hijacking case in Sylhet SYLHET, Mar 18:—Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in a massive swoop arrested three JCD activists for allegedly hijacking a motorcycle and other snatching cases in the city on Wednesday night. According to RAB-3 source, Mr Ashraf Hussain, Principal Officer, National Bank, Sylhet, while returning to his residence at Majortila, the eastern part of the city was attacked by JCD cadres who snatched away his motor cycle No Sylhet a 8972 at gunpoint around 7-30 p.m. on Wednesday. Mr Ashraf lodged a written complaint with Sylhet RAB-3 who went into active at once. Meanwhile at around 10 p.m. on Wednesday the hijacker informed Mr Ashraf over phone to pay ransom to get back his motor cycle. He assured them to pay the ransom and one hijacker Abdul Haq (26) S/o Md Abdul Karim of Mohammedpur (Islampur) went to Mr Ashraf's residence where RAB personnel in plain clothe laid an Ambush. "Sure, I've got the ransom money, come on over to the house. Pay no attention the the heavily armed men in the bushes" Meanwhile, the two others Abdul Qadir (24) S/o ANA Miah of Praithasha and Ziaul Haq (24) S/o Kubaidul Islam also went to Mr Ashraf's residence to take money and eventually they were arrested by RAB.

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