A drug dealer has been killed in an alleged gunfight with police in Jahajghat area of Rajshahi City. The deceased, 32-year-old Afzal Hossain alias Faysal, was accused in several cases filed over drug peddling. Four police officials, including Motihar zone Assistant Commissioner Susanta Chandra Roy, were also injured in the ‘gunfight’ in the early hours of Monday. “Faysal fired on police when our team raided his house to seize illegal drugs,”Motihar police OC Humayun Kabir told the Dhaka Tribune. He was taken to Rajshahi Medical College Hospital where doctor pronounced him dead, the OC added.

Source: Dhaka Tribune March 13, 2017 02:51 UTC