A Jubo League cadre who was listed as a top-terror in the area died in what law enforcers said gunfight with elite force RAB in Barisal city on Monday morning.
Dead Faruk Ahmed, 35, alias Panama Faruk, is widely known for an attack on Barisal Press Club during the 1996 government of Awami League, police said.
Faruk arrived in Barisal (from Dhaka) on a launch with accomplices around 6:30am, Rapid Action Battalion 8 Captain Bashar told the Dhaka Tribune.
A patrolling RAB team challenged them in the city's Chwakbazar area, he said. “They opened gunfire suddenly. The law enforcers were compelled to fire back.”
“Four others fled and Faruk was found lying at the spot, dead. RAB Deputy Assistant Director Faruk has been slightly injured during the gunfight.”
Law enforcers recovered a short-rifle, shutter gun and some sharp weapons from the scene.
Barisal Kotwali police Officer-in-Charge Sakhawat Hossain said Faruk was a top terror in the area and had at least 10 cases, including extortion and murder, against him.
The body has been sent to a morgue, he added.
Faruk Ahmed was a locally known goon of the Jubo League. However, his affiliation with the ruling party was not endorsed by the law enforcers.