Outlawed party leader killed in �gunfight�
UNB
A regional leader of the outlawed Purba Banglar Communist Party (PBCP) was killed in a reported gunfight with police at Bhanga Bottoil in Mirpur upazila of Kushtia early yesterday, reports UNB.
The deceased was identified as Palash Malitha, 28, a regional leader of (ML-Lal Pataka), a faction of the outlawed PBCP and son of Abul Malitha of Khamarpara village in the upazila.
Kazi Jalal Uddin, officer-in-charge of Mirpur Police Station, said acting on secret information that a gang of outlawed party men were taking preparation to commit robbery
on the Kushtia-Meherpur road by placing logs in the area, a team of police conducted a drive in the area shortly after 1:30 am.
Sensing the presence of the law enforcers, Palash along with his accomplices opened fire on the police men, prompting the law enforcers to fire back, triggering a gunfight.
At one stage, Palash was caught in the line of fire and injured while his accomplices managed to flee the scene.
Later police recovered the PBCP regional leader, Palash, and rushed him to a local hospital where doctors pronounced him dead, said the law enforcers.
Police recovered a shutter gun and three rounds of bullet from the scene of gunfight.
Palash was wanted in several cases, including for murder, extortion and explosion with Mirpur Police Station, the
police said.
