Outlaw killed in Kushtia ‘shootout’ Star Online Report Police recovered a shutter gun and bullets after a shootout in Kushtia that left an outlaw of Purbal Banglar Communist Party dead on Sunday. Photo: STAR Police recovered a shutter gun and bullets after a shootout in Kushtia that left an outlaw of Purbal Banglar Communist Party dead on Sunday. Photo: STAR A leader of Purba Banglar Communist Party (ML-Lal Pataka) was killed in a “shootout” with police in Mirpur upazila of Kushtia early today. Deceased Enamul Haq, 35, was a regional commander of the PBCP and an accused in 26 cases including seven for murders, police said. Kazi Jalal Uddin, officer-in-charge of Mirpur Police Station, said Enamul demanded Tk 2 lakh as extortion from Sahidul Islam, a brick kiln owner of Bhanga Bot Tola area, several days back. Enamul finally threatened to kill Shahidul and destroy his brick kiln as he denied to pay the money. “Separate teams of Kushtia Detective Branch (DB) and Mirpur police took position near the brick kiln after receiving information that Enamul and his cohorts were going to the brick kiln at about 3:30:am,” the OC said. At one stage, police cordoned off the outlaws and asked them to surrender. But defying the police call, the outlaws opened fire, forcing the law enforcers to retaliate with bullets, the OC said.

Outlaw killed in Kushtia ‘shootout

’ Star Online Report Police recovered a shutter gun and bullets after a shootout in Kushtia that left an outlaw of Purbal Banglar Communist Party dead on Sunday. Photo: STAR Police recovered a shutter gun and bullets after a shootout in Kushtia that left an outlaw of Purbal Banglar Communist Party dead on Sunday. Photo: STAR A leader of Purba Banglar Communist Party (ML-Lal Pataka) was killed in a
 “shootout” with police in Mirpur upazila of Kushtia early today. Deceased Enamul Haq, 35, was a regional commander of the PBCP and an accused in 26 cases including seven for murders, police said. Kazi Jalal Uddin, officer-in-charge of Mirpur Police Station, said Enamul demanded Tk 2 lakh as extortion from Sahidul Islam, a brick kiln owner of Bhanga Bot Tola area, several days back. Enamul finally threatened to kill Shahidul and destroy his brick kiln as he denied to pay the money.

 the OC said. At one stage, police cordoned off the outlaws and asked them to surrender. But defying the police call, the outlaws opened fire, forcing the law enforcers to retaliate with bullets, the OC said.

Outlaw killed in Kushtia ‘shootout’

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Police recovered a shutter gun and bullets after a shootout in Kushtia that left an outlaw of Purbal Banglar Communist Party dead on Sunday. Photo: STAR

A leader of Purba Banglar Communist Party (ML-Lal Pataka) was killed in a “shootout” with police in Mirpur upazila of Kushtia early today.

Deceased Enamul Haq, 35, was a regional commander of the PBCP and an accused in 26 cases including seven for murders, police said.

Kazi Jalal Uddin, officer-in-charge of Mirpur Police Station, said Enamul demanded Tk 2 lakh as extortion from Sahidul Islam, a brick kiln owner of Bhanga Bot Tola area,  several days back.

“Separate teams of Kushtia Detective Branch (DB) and Mirpur police took position near the brick kiln after receiving information that Enamul and his cohorts were going to the brick kiln at about 3:30:am,” the OC said.

At one stage, police cordoned off the outlaws and asked them to surrender.

But defying the police call, the outlaws opened fire, forcing the law enforcers to retaliate with bullets, the OC said.