Two members of outlawed Purba Banglar Communist Party have been killed in a “gunfight” with police in Rohimabadh village under Tala upazila of Satkhira district. The deceased are Bidyut Bahini chief Bidyut Bachhar, son of Kanai Bachhar of Moguradanga village and his associate Sheikh Talha, son of Nur Islam of Shujonshaha village. Tala OC Hassan Hafizur Rahman said: “Acting on a tip-off, two teams of police conducted a drive in the area to arrest the outlawed men around 3:30am on Sunday. They also hurled bombs.”In retaliation, police fired back that triggered the “gunfight”. At one stage, two of them were caught in the line of fire while the others managed to flee the scene.

Source: Dhaka Tribune March 12, 2017 04:18 UTC