2 ‘drug peddlers’ killed in ‘gunfights’ in Tangail, Sirajganj

Raj Abrar: Two suspected drug peddlers were killed in separate “gunfights” in Tangail and Sirajganj districts yesterday.
In Tangail, police recovered the bullet hit body of a suspected drug peddler from Sadar upazila.
The deceased was identified as Abdul Mannan, 45, reports The Daily Star.
The Daily Star quoted Sadar model police station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Sayedur Rahman as saying that a “gunfight” took place between two groups of drug peddlers at Charabari area in the early hours regarding dividing drugs and money, leaving Mannan dead on the spot.
On information a team of police recovered the body and sent it to Tangail General Hospital morgue for autopsy, said the OC, adding that a foreign-made pistol and yaba tablets from the spot.
Mannan was a known drug peddler in the area and was an accused in six cases under Narcotics Act, said OC Sayedur.
In Sirajganj, a suspected drug peddler was killed in a reported gunfight with police at Mahmudpur field area early today, reports UNB.
The deceased was identified as Jahangir Hossain, 35. He was wanted in seven drug-related cases.
Acting on information, a team of police conducted a drive around 2am, said Mahmud Daud, officer-in-charge of Kotwali Police Station.
Sensing presence of the law enforcers, the gangsters opened fire on them which forced the police to fire back in self-defence, he said.
After the gunfight, police recovered the body of Jahangir and one revolver, four bullets, 135 Yaba pills and 25 bottles of Phensidyl from the scene.
Two policemen were also injured in the incident, the OC added.