Representational photo BigstockThe three deaths from the ‘gunfights’ took place just a day after the Jatiya Sangsad witnessed demands raised by several lawmakers for ‘instant action’ like ‘crossfire’ in the cases of rape accused in the same fashion as its happening in the cases of alleged drug peddlersTwo alleged drug traders and an alleged robber were killed in two separate incidents of ‘gunfights’ with forces of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) and police in Cox’s Bazar and Faridpur districts on Wednesday. Two alleged drug traders were killed in a gunfight with the members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in Shamlapur area in Cox’s Bazar on Wednesday. RAB claimed that both of them were drug traders. As soon as the RAB members reached the area, the yaba traders opened fire on them, prompting them to fire back in self-defence, triggering a gunfight. In Faridpur, a man, believed to be the leader of a robber gang, was killed in a reported gunfight with police in Barankhola area of Boalmari upazila on Wednesday.

Source: Dhaka Tribune January 15, 2020 19:07 UTC