Desk Report
A man has died in an alleged shootout at Chattogram’s Pahartali. The incident took place at Uttar Kattali Beribadh on Wednesday midnight, said Pahartali Police Station chief Sadeep Kumar Das. Police identified the robber as 25-year-old Sabuj from Shapla Residential Area in Pahartali neighbourhood. He was known as ‘Picchi Sabuj’ among the locals, according to the police.
He was named in six cases related to arms and robbery, said OC Das.
“A police team raided Beribadh area after learning that a gang of robbers gathered there,” he said.
When the policemen cordoned off the area, he said, robbers opened fire on the police forcing them to retaliate.
After the gunfight, police arrested a man named Apu, 28, from the scene and bullet-hit Sabuj was taken to the Chattogram Medical College Hospital where doctors declared him dead, he said.
Five policemen, including Das, were injured in the gunfight, police said.
Police recovered weapons from the scene.
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