A suspected criminal has been killed in a “gunfight” with the members of elite force Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in Dhaka’s Mirpur area.
The deceased is Al-Amin alias Kala Jony alias Jony Sarkar. He was an accused in 15 cases including murder, rape and robbery.
A patrol team of RAB 4 locked into a “gunfight” with some criminals in Mirpur's Eastern Housing near Rupnagar around 2:40am Monday that left Kala Jony dead, said RAB legal and media wing Assistant Director Major Maksudul Alam.
“A foreign made pistol, two bullets were recovered from the spot,” he added.