Kabir Humayun: Two suspected drug peddlers were killed in a reported gunfight with Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) members in BSCIC area under Sadar upazila of Feni early yesterday.
The deceased were identified as Mohammad Mamun Morshed, 35, and Md Al-Amin, 25, reports UNB.
Rab members set up a checkpost in the area to search passengers and they obstructed a motorcycle ridden by the duo, said Rab-7 Camp Company Captain Squadron Leader Shafayet Jamil.
The elite force members chased them as they tried to escape the spot.
At one stage, the young men opened fire on the Rab personnel, forcing them to fire back, triggering the gunfight which left Morshed and Al-Amin dead on the spot.
The team recovered 25,000 Yaba pills from the oil-tank of the motorcycle, one foreign pistol and five bullets from the spot.
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