Dhaka, May 8 (UNB) – A suspected drug dealer was killed in a reported gunfight with Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in city’s Agargaon area early Wednesday.
The identity of the deceased could not be known immediately.
Sources at Rab headquarters said a team of Rab-2 had asked a group of people to stop at a check-post in Agargaon but the criminals opened fire, triggering a skirmish.
The suspected drug dealer was killed during the gunfight, the sources said.
Rab recovered 500 bottles of phensedyl, a private car and a pistol from the spot.