Fear spread among the area’s residents as the law enforcers engaged in the gun battle with riders of a private car on Thursday afternoon, said RAB-10 operation officer ASP Sohrab Hossain. His companion Abdul Barek, 42, has been admitted to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) with bullet injuries on his leg. RAB personnel had approached the car suspecting its riders to be muggers, Hossain told bdnews24.com. “The gun battle started when the men inside the car began shooting at the RAB personnel. A number of mugging incidents recently took place near Dhakeshwari Temple and adjacent areas, he added.

Source: bd News24 July 13, 2017 16:07 UTC