Three more die in Bangladesh’s controversial drug raids

Sofian Khan: Three more alleged drug-peddlers were killed overnight in the countrywide ongoing anti-drug operation, taking the death toll to 134 since the it  begun on May 18. According to the claims of the law enforcers, one suspect was killed in an encounter during raids in Thakurgaon and Rangpur and an unidentified bullet-ridden body was recovered in Dinajpur in the wee hours yesterday. In most the cases, the law enforcers kept on underscoring that the suspects were involved in ‘drug trafficking’ and resisted arrest leading to gun battles that left them dead. However serious concerns were expressed over the killings of suspected drug dealers in ‘shootouts’ with law-enforcement agencies.