A leader of Gonomukti Fouja, an outlawed party, was killed in a ‘shootout’ with police near Uthuli Bridge in Khoksa upazila early Sunday.
The deceased, Fazlur Rahman Fazlu, was also the ringleader of ‘Fazlu Bahini’.
Police Super Mafiz Uddin Ahmed said on secret information that a group of extremists was holding a clandestine meeting in the area at about 4am, a team of Detective Branch (DB) of police launched a drive in the area.
Sensing the presence of the police, Fazlu and his cohorts opened fire on the law enforcers forcing them to fire back that triggered a gunfight, reports UNB.
Fazlu was caught in the line of fire and died on the spot while others managed to flee the scene.
Police also recovered one 9MM pistol, one revolver, one pipe gun, two LG guns, two sharp weapons and 20 rounds of bullets from the spot.
Fazlu was wanted in several cases including of a murder case, police said.