Reazul Islam Biplob, approximately 40, was killed in a gunfight with Detective Branch (DB) police in Mymensingh’s Maskanda area’s Ganasha intersection around 2:15am.
An unknown individual was killed in the Battala area of Barisal Sadar Upazila’s Shayestabad around the same time.
Alamgir Hossain Bhuyian was killed in a shootout with local police in the West Pathan Gor area of Chagalnaya’s Pathannagar Union around dawn.
Another unknown individual was killed in a gunfight between two groups of drags traffickers in Jashore’s Rudrapur village early on Sunday morning.
Babu alias Galkata Babu, 45, was killed in a gunfight with police in Dinajpur’s Muradpur Nursery area near Dinajpur-Biral road around 3:30am on Sunday.
Emon was killed in a shootout with police on the Mirzapur-Balia regional road in the Kutub Bazar area of Tangail’s Mirzapur around 2:15am.
The six incidents reported by police are similar in nature. Human rights activists have described such incidents as extrajudicial killings and called for them to end. The government has not responded to such claims.
The following story has been compiled using reports from our district correspondents:
MYMENSINGH
According to Mymensingh District Detective Branch ASI Parimal Das, Biplob was the city’s ‘top drug trafficker’. Police did not say how many cases had been filed against him.
A DB police team was dispatched to the Maskanda area based on a tip that traffickers were dividing up a drug shipment in the area.
“The traffickers became aware of the police presence and opened fire. Police returned fire in self-defence. The traffickers fled and drug kingpin Biplob was found shot and then detained.”
The wounded Biplob was taken to Mymensingh Medical College Hospital, where doctors declared him dead.Two police constables, Rashedul and Kawsar, were injured in the gunfight and are undergoing treatment at the police hospital, he said.
Police have recovered 200g of heroin, 200 yaba tablets, three bullet casings and two knives from the scene, ASI Das said.
FENI
According to Chhagalnaya Police Station OC M Morshed, Alamgir Hossain Bhuiyan was a ‘known drug trafficker’ and had been accused by name in nine cases at Feni Sadar, Phulgazi and Chagalnaya police stations.
Police conducted a raid in the West Pathan Gor area based on a tip that a large shipment of drugs had arrived in the area, the police official said.
“The drug dealers noticed the police team and opened fire. Police retaliated in self-defence. Alamgir was found shot during the gunfight.”
Alamgir was declared dead after he was taken to Feni Sadar Hospital.
Two police assistant sub inspectors named Delwar Hossain and Matiar Rahman were injured in the shootout and received first aid at the hospital, the OC said.
Police recovered a firearm, three rounds of ammunition, 1,000 yaba tablets and over 100 bottles of Phensedyl from the scene, he said.
BARISAL
Barisal Metropolitan Detective Branch Police Assistant Commissioner Nasir Mollik that police had been on the alert in the Shayestabad area due to increased reports of robberies. A shootout broke out between a police patrol team and robbers early on Sunday morning.
“Robbers noticed the patrol team in the Battala area and opened fire. Police returned fire. At one point the robbers fled and a body was found at the scene.”
An assistant sub inspector and two constables were injured in the incident and have been admitted to hospital, said Nasir Mollik.
Police have recovered a pipegun, two machetes and a large knife from the scene, he said.
JASHORE
Jashore Kotwali Model Police Station Officer-in-Charge KM Azmal Huda said a police team recovered a body from Rudrapur village near Chutipur after a gunfight two groups of drugs traffickers was reported in the area early on Sunday.
Police have to identify the dead man, but it has been confirmed that he was a drug dealer.
“The drug traffickers fled when they noticed the police team. The body was found after that.”
The body has been taken to the hospital morgue, the OC said.
At least 400 Yaba pills, a shotgun and one round ammunition were recovered from the scene, he added.
DINAJPUR
Dinajpur’s Biral Police Station Officer-in-Charge Abdul Majid told bdnews24.com that, a police team conducting an anti-drugs operation at Muradpur Nursery area when they were fired upon by drug traffickers. The team was forced to retaliate and Babu, a resident of Teghra Narayanpur village in Biral Upazila, was found shot after the other traffickers fled the spot.
He was rushed to Dinajpur M Abdur Rahim Medical College Hospital in where the doctors declared him dead.
OC Majid said he was named in at least nine cases for drug trafficking and other crimes.
Police recover a rifle, a machete, five cocktail bombs and 193 bottles of phensedyl from the scene.
TANGAIL
Mirzapur Police Station OC AKM Mizanul Haq said that Emon, who was killed in the area on Sunday, was a ‘mugger’. He has been accused of mugging and robbery in several cases at the police station, the police official said.
According to OC Haq, police received a report that vehicles were being stopped and robbed on the Kutub Bazar bridge in Mirzapur and dispatched a team to the area.
“Four of the robbers then attacked police with firearms and other weapons. Police retaliated, firing two rounds of shotgun shells. One of the robbers, named Emon, was hit by the bullets.”
He was taken to Kumudini Hospital, where doctors declared Emon dead, the OC said.
Two assistant sub inspectors injured in the incident, Moniruzzaman Munshi and Ali Azam, received first aid at the hospital, he added.