One died and two others, including a policeman, were injured during a “gunbattle” between law enforcers and “carjackers” in Satkhira Sadar early on Wednesday.
Police identified the dead as Ekramullah Babu, 40. The injured was Shahidul Islam, 30, and a Constable Mahbub.
A patrol team of Bangladesh Police engaged in search after receiving news that the private vehicle of an army officer was stolen, Satkhira Sadar police said.
They spotted the black Corolla, owned by Lt Col Omar Faruk, on the move near Chaltetla area and challenged the driver, Officer-in-Charge Nasir Uddin said.
The two parties engaged in a gunbattle, he said. Babu and Shahidul were taken to Satkhira Sadar Hospital, wounded by bullets, where Babu later succumbed.
OC Nasir Uddin said the vehicle was recently hijacked from Dhaka. Preparations were underway to lodge a lawsuit regarding this matter.
The vehicle has been recovered.