A man has been killed in police firing when residents of a village in Companiganj upazila clashed with the law enforcers. Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) Abul Lais claimed that the police had opened fire in “self-defence.”At least 50 others, including 19 policemen, were injured in the Saturday morning clash at Mostofanagar village. The night before, robbers had killed a villager, 55-year-old Zilu Mia. Locals chased the robbers and caught one Sonai Mia. “Mofiz Mia was killed when police opened fire in self-defence after a group of villagers tried to snatch Sonai Mia from the law enforcers,” he told the Dhaka Tribune.

Source: Dhaka Tribune March 04, 2017 05:56 UTC